A container fell and crushed a fully
loaded commuter bus, killing all occupants of the bus this afternoon
in Ogun State.
The incident, our correspondent gathered, occurred on Sagamu/Benin expressway at Ilishan, very close to Sagamu junction.
It was further gathered that the head-on-collision incident happened a few minutes after mid day.
The
occupants of the bus were mainly students of Olabisi Onabanjo
Umiversity, OOU, Ago Iwoye, who were said to be on their way to Lagos.
Wreckage from the incident on Sagamu/Benin expressway this afternoon. |
An
eyewitness, Commander Tommy Hamzat, the Commander of the TRACE, Ijebu
Command, told our correspondent that the truck driver drove against
traffic and the bus driver collided with the truck and killed all
occupants including the bus driver.
“I was coming from Sagamu side
and saw the accident. I had to hurriedly park my car, run to the scene
to see if the passengers could be rescued but unfortunately all the
occupants were dead including the driver.
“The bus was facing
Lagos, but I dont know where it was coming from. The driver of the truck
carrying an empty container was coming from Sagamu axis but was driving
against traffic and that resulted in the collision, which eventually
claimed the lives of the innocent people,” he explained.
Our
correspondent gathered that the remains of the deceased have been taken
to the mortuary at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital,
OOUTH, Sagamu.
A source at the hospital confirmed that the corpses were in the morgue but declined to comment further.