No fewer than six persons have been killed and 19 others severely injured in a lone crash that occurred along Osuponri village near ICT Polytechnic Itori, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
The accident which involved a grey colour Toyota bus with registration number KJA 851 YH occurred at about 10:47 am on Friday.
Salient Times gathered that the vehicle was carrying 25 passengers – seven male adults, eleven female adults, two male children and five female children.
Among the deceased were the driver of the vehicle and two minors.
Confirming the incident, the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement, TRACE, spokesman, Babatunde Akinbiyi, told Newsmen that the rescue operation was carried out by officers of Papalanto Division and the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.
Akinbiyi ascribed the cause of the crash to tyre burst and loss of control which caused the vehicle to summersault.
He said, “The vehicle contained 25 occupant, 7 male adults, 11 female adults, 2 male children and 5 female children. Nineteen sustained injures – 5 male adults, 9 female adults, 1 male and four female children.
“Number of death, 6. Two male adults, two female adults, one child and one female child. The driver of the vehicle was also among the dead victims while the motor boy was injured.”
According to the TRACE spokesperson, the injured victims were taken to General Hospital, Ifo, for medical treatment, while the bodies of the deceased were deposited at the hospital’s morgue.
Meanwhile, the acting Head of TRACE, Omonayajo Elias, commiserated with the families of the deceased, advising drivers to exercise caution while driving and warned against the use of fake and expired tyres because of its attendant consequences.
