By Olamide Kazeem
Two persons were confirmed dead while nine others sustained various degrees of injuries in a lone accident involving a Toyota Hiace commercial bus around new Makun city on Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta.
Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred around 3:55pm and was caused by excessive speeding which resulted into tyre burst.
He stated that 14 people were involved in the accident, saying that nine sustained injuries while two persons consisting of two female died.
“Learnt the commercial bus marked KSF 272 YN was coming from Ilorin inbound Lagos when it experienced a tyre burst due to excessive speeding and lost control in the process and thereafter somersaulted.
“Among the injured vivtims was the driver of the vehicle,” he said.
Akinbiyi said that the injured were taken to Idera Hospital and Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, (OOUTH) both in Sagamu while the deceased were deposited at OOUTH morgue.
He commiserated with the family of the deceased and impolred motorists to avoid excessive speeding and the use of expired and worn out tyres for the safety of all road users.
