Four die, 11 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident

By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta

Four persons were confirmed dead, while 11 others sustained injuries in a lone accident involving a Foton bus at the Aiyetoro axis on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday.

Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Sunday.

Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred at 9:59 a.m. and was caused by a tyre burst, which led the commercial bus to summersault into a ditch.

The TRACE spokesperson stated that the accident involved 15 people, which comprised three men and 12 women.

According to him, 11 women were injured while three men and one woman died in the accident.

”According to an eyewitness account, the bus marked AGL 989 YA was coming from Ibadan inbound Lagos when it had a tyre burst on the driver’s side at Ayetoro axis on the expressway which led the bus to somersault into a ditch,” he said.

Akinbiyi noted that the deceased were deposited at the Idera morgue, Sagamu, while the injured victims were taken to Famobis Hospital, Mowe.

He called on drivers to avoid excessive speed, tokunbo tyres, and uphold simple traffic rules and regulations.