One yet-to-be-identified individual has lost his life, while 11 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident that occurred at Five Star area in Ogijo, Ogun State.
The accident, which involved a truck with registration number GBE 243 XB and a Mazda bus registered as KSF 542 YG, happened around 6:15 a.m. on Sunday, the Eid-il-fitr day.
Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesman for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, noted that the accident was caused by a sudden burst of the truck’s right tyre leading to loss of control and a collision with the stationed 18-seater bus that was picking passengers from the rear.
Akinbiyi noted that the victims were rushed to a nearby hospital by emergency responders for medical attention.
He said, “Thirteen people were involved in the accident, including two persons in the truck and 11 persons in the Mazda bus. One person was recorded dead while 11 persons were injured.
“According to the truck driver, the accident was caused by his truck due to a sudden burst of his front right tyre that led the truck to lose control and hit a stationed 18-seater Mazda bus that was picking passengers from the rear.”;
The spokesperson added that the accident led to traffic build-up in the rear, but was brought under control by the emergency responders comprising of TRACE, police and Federal Road Safety Corps officials.
