Tragedy as 7 travellers burnt to death in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident

Tragedy struck as seven travellers were burnt to death and fourteen others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident around OPIC on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday.

The Ogun State Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe,
confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta.
According to Okpe, the incident occurred at 10:45 am on Sunday.

The FRSC spokesperson while responding to questions by journalists said that the accident was caused by excessive speeding and brake failure, which led to a loss of control, adding that the vehicle hit the road divider, somersaulted and went up in flames.

She explained that twenty-two persons were involved in the accident, which consisted of seven men, eight women, four male children and three female children.

Okpe stressed that fourteen people were injured – four men, five women, two male children and three female children.

According to FRSCofficialsl, the seven persons burnt to death are two men, three women and two children.

“The vehicle involved in the accident had the registration number BDG 993 YG, a Mazda bus,” she noted.