On Sunday, a bus accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway resulted in the deaths of seven people, including two children, who were all burned beyond recognition.
14 additional passengers were injured in the collision that happened at the OPIC region of the roadway in varied degrees.
The event in Abeokuta was confirmed by Florence Okpe, the Federal Road Safety Corps’ spokesman.
Okpe reported that the sole collision, involving a Mazda bus with the licence plate BDG993YG, happened at 10:45 on Sunday.
According to the spokesperson, there were a total of 22 people involved in the collision—7 males, 8 females, 4 male children, and 3 female children—out of whom 7 died and 14 were hurt.
She blamed the crash on “excessive speed and brake failure which led to loss of control.”
Okpe explained that the vehicle went up in flames after it crashed and burnt some of the occupants to death.
She said, “The injured victims have been taken to Lagos State Accident Emergency Center, Ojota while the corpses were deposited at Olabisi Onabajo University Teaching Hospital morgue Sagamu.”
Okpe said the Sector Commander, Ahmed Umar, commiserates with the family of the victims and advised motorists “to shun speeding and always conduct a routine vehicle check for good maintenance and replacement of any defect.”
