Eight people were burnt to death in an accident involving a Mazda bus marked AAA 249 VX on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
This incident occurred on Saturday night, September 19, at about 8:45 p.m. near Saapade bridge.
The accident was as a result of a burst tyre that caused the bus to somersault and burst into flames. 11 people were involved in the accident.
The Ogun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ahmed Umar, who disclosed this yesterday, said the "accident occurred around 8:45pm and was caused by burst tyre, which resulted in the bus somersaulting and thereafter went up in flames."
The sector commander said 11 persons were involved in the accident, which comprised three male adults, one female adult, a child and six other unidentified persons.
"The suspected cause of the lone accident involving the Mazda bus marked AAA 249 VX was burst tyre, which led to loss of control and then crashed," he said.
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