Thirteen individuals sustained accidents on Friday after a Mazda bus misplaced management, overturned, and crashed into a concrete barrier on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State.
The accident occurred at about 12:30 pm alongside the Lagos-bound part of the expressway in Remo North Local Government Area.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, TRACE, Akinbiyi Babatunde, confirmed the incident in an accident report launched on Friday.
The crash had earlier attracted public consideration after Nollywood actor Kunle Afod expressed concern over the response of emergency businesses, calling on the Ogun State Government, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and different emergency responders to help the victims.
However, the TRACE report, made accessible to our correspondent, acknowledged that rescue groups from the company, popularly identified as Papa Oscar, alongside FRSC personnel, arrived on the scene shortly after the incident.
According to the report, the accident concerned a Mazda bus with registration quantity AKD 52 XY, which was carrying 18 passengers. The rescue staff reportedly arrived on the scene at 12:48 pm.
It defined that the automobile suffered a tyre burst whereas in movement, inflicting the driving force to lose management. The bus subsequently overturned earlier than crashing into a concrete barrier.
The report quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the tyre burst was answerable for the driving force shedding management of the automobile.
It added that the concrete barrier prevented the bus from plunging into a deep ditch beside the expressway.
The company recognized the injured victims as two males, eight girls and three youngsters, confirming that no life was misplaced within the incident.
According to the report, all 13 victims had been evacuated to a few totally different medical amenities for therapy.
One of the victims was taken to Olabisi (*13*) University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, whereas 9 others had been conveyed to Divine Hospital, Ogere. The remaining three had been taken to Isara General Hospital.
TRACE additional disclosed {that a} follow-up go to to Isara General Hospital later on Friday revealed that 4 of the injured victims had obtained therapy and had been discharged at their request.
The broken bus was subsequently evacuated to the company’s Papa Oscar holding facility pending investigation.
The report additionally famous that the rescue operation didn’t hinder vehicular motion on the expressway, including that the coordinated intervention of TRACE, FRSC and different emergency personnel helped restore regular visitors circulate.
