No fewer than four persons on Tuesday were killed, while 10 others sustained degrees of injuries in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
According to reports, the incident, which involved a white Toyota bus with number plate ZUR87ZY, occurred around 5:57 am around Sandcrate along the expressway.
Florence Okpe, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, while confirming the incident in a statement on Tuesday, said a bus conveying 20 persons somersaulted after a tyre burst.
Okpe said, “A total of 20 persons were involved. 10 persons were injured, while four male adults were recorded dead from the crash.
“The suspected cause of the fatal lone crash was excessive speeding and tyre bust, which led to the loss of control that made the vehicle somersaulted many times.”
She added that the injured victims were taken to Victory Hospital, Ogere, while the corpses were taken to FOS Morgue.
