Seven persons including two children have been reported killed in a lone crash on the busy Lagos- Ibadan High way on Sunday.
Report says a Mazda bus with plate number BDG993YG crashed around the OPIC area of the road at about 10. 45 a.m and went up in flames .
14 other passengers were said to have sustained injuries in the accident.
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) spokesperson in the area,, Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta.
According to her the crashed bus was conveying 22 persons – seven male adults, eight female adults, four male children and three female children .
Okpe blamed the crash on “excessive speed and brake failure which led to the loss of control.”
She said some of the passengers were burnt to death, adding that the injured were taken to Lagos State Accident Emergency Centre, Ojota while the corpses were deposited at Olabisi Onabajo University Teaching Hospital morgue in Sagamu, Ogun State.
The spokesperson said, the FRSC Sector Commander, Ahmed Umar has, commiserated 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.”
