Ogun Auto Crash Leaves 3 Dead, 11 Injured

No fewer than three persons have been confirmed dead and eleven others injured in an accident involving a white Mazda bus and a Tipper at Sowo village on the Abeokuta- Sagamu/Interchange Expressway on Friday night.

The Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Saturday.

According to Akinbiyi, the accident occurred around 7:30 pm on Friday and was caused by the Tipper driver who was making a U-turn before the commercial bus rammed into it.

His words: “The commercial bus with registration number AAA-45 XS was loaded from Kuto park, Abeokuta, and was heading to Ketu, Lagos, through the Abeokuta-Kobape-Siun-Sagamu/Interchange Expressway when the accident happened.

“The Tipper with registration number XS 764-AGL caused the accident by making an illegal u-turn and with no illumination (full light) to indicate a vehicle is making a U-turn, before the bus oncoming ram into it.

“A total number of 14 passengers were in the bus, eight female and six male. Three male died while eight female and three male sustained various degree of injuries,” he said.

Akinbiyi said that the injured were receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Center, General Hospital, Ijaiye and Joseph/ Christianah Hospital, Oke-ilewo, all in Abeokuta.

The TRACE spokesperson added that the corpses of the deceased were deposited at the General Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta, while the driver of the Tipper ran away.