Seven Burnt To Death, 14 Injured In Bus Crash On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Seven persons including two children were on Sunday burnt to death when a bus crashed and went up in flames on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in Abeokuta.
Okpe said the lone crash which involved a Mazda bus marked BDG993YG occurred at 10:45 am on Sunday.
The spokesperson said a total number of 22 persons, who comprised seven male and eight female adults, four male children and three female children, were involved in the crash, out of which seven died while 14 others were injured.
She blamed the crash on “excessive speed and brake failure which led to loss of control.”
Okpe explained that the vehicle went up in flames after it crashed and burnt some of the occupants to death.
