One person died while 10 others sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus at the Saapade bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday.
Florence Okpe, spokesperson of Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State, confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta.
According to her, the accident occurred at 2:58pm and it involved a white Mazda Bus with registration number GGE 858 XY.
Okpe stated that the accident was caused by excessive speed, tyre burst and loss of control.
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She said: “A total number of 17 people were involved, comprising eight men, seven women and two children.
“Unfortunately, one woman died while 10 people – two men, six women and two children – sustained injuries.”
Okpe explained further that the injured victims were taken to Patmag Hospital at Ogere for medical attention, while the deceased was deposited at the FOS Morgue at Ipara.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Akinwumi Fasakin, in the same statement has advised motorists to always pay more attention to their tyres by checking the expiration date.
Fasakin stated that the situation of a tyre bursting while on a controlled speed would have been handled better.
