Four burnt, 12 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident

No fewer than four persons died on Monday after an 18-passenger commercial bus went up in flames at ASCON, at the Mowe end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State.

The victims comprised a 15-year-old boy and three adults – a female and two males – who were burnt to death, while 12 other passengers sustained injuries.

It was said that the bus, with number plate, LND 991 XN, belonged to Agofure Motors and had taken off from Lagos State.

It was learnt that the driver of an Iveco truck, with number plate, NSR 213 ZD, en route to Lagos was trying to avoid hitting another vehicle and in the process, the truck ran into the median and veered to the other side of the road.

It reportedly rammed into the oncoming bus, which sparked off a fire. While the bus was completely burnt, part of the truck was affected by the fire.

The firefighters from the Redeemed Christian Church of God responded to a distress call on the accident.

The emergency officials, together with men of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mowe unit and some policemen recovered four dead bodies from the bus, while 12 persons were rescued with burns.