How tyre burst claimed three lives on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway — TRACE

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• Three persons were burnt to death while 15 others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a commercial bus reportedly suffered a tyre burst and burst into flames along the Lago Three persons were burnt to death while 15 others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a commercial bus reportedly suffered a tyre burst and burst into flames along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
• The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed this in a telephone conversation with on Thursday that three people died in the road crash.He added that the lone accident was caused by a loss of control that led the vehicle to somersault before bursting into flames.
• Oluseyi said, “MTD personnel of Ewekoro Division, Ogun State Police Command, have responded to a fatal lone motor accident that claimed the lives of three persons and left fifteen others injured along the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway.“The accident occurred at about 11:05am on Thursday in the Iyana Egbado area and involved a Mazda bus with registration number KRD 809XC, which was travelling from Abeokuta towards Lagos with eighteen passengers onboard.