13 injured as bus overturns, crashes into barrier on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Thirteen radical sustained injuries connected Friday aft a Mazda autobus mislaid control, overturned, and crashed into a factual obstruction connected the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway successful Ogun State.

The mishap occurred astatine astir 12:30 p.m. on the Lagos-bound conception of the expressway successful Remo North Local Government Area.

The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, TRACE, Akinbiyi Babatunde, confirmed the incidental successful an mishap study released connected Friday.

The clang had earlier attracted nationalist attraction aft Nollywood histrion Kunle Afod expressed interest implicit the effect of exigency agencies, calling connected the Ogun State Government, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and different exigency responders to assistance the victims.

However, the TRACE report, made disposable to our correspondent, stated that rescue teams from the agency, popularly known arsenic Papa Oscar, alongside FRSC personnel, arrived astatine the country soon aft the incident.

According to the report, the mishap progressive a Mazda autobus with registration fig AKD 52 XY, which was carrying 18 passengers. The rescue squad reportedly arrived astatine the country astatine 12:48 pm.

It explained that the conveyance suffered a tyre burst portion successful motion, causing the operator to suffer control. The autobus subsequently overturned earlier crashing into a factual barrier.