Skip to main content
Three persons have been confirmed dead, while 11 persons were injured when a commercial bus plunged into Ogun River, otherwise known as Ososa River, on the Ijebu-Ode/Sagamu Expressway in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.

The accident, which involved a yellow Mazda E220 commercial bus, occurred on Thursday at 10:32 am reportedly due to alleged mechanical fault.

The Ogun State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, Clement Oladele, confirmed the incident.


Oladele in a statement said, “A total of 14 people comprising five male adults and nine female adults were involved in the fatal crash.

“The people injured were 11, comprising five males and six females.

“A total of three people died in the crash made up of one male and two females.”

The FRSC boss further explained that the accident was a lone crash.


According to him, the bus took off from Ijebu-Ode motor park and headed to Lagos, but the driver lost control and plunged into the River in Ijebu-Ode.

“The suspected cause of the crash is mechanical deficiency.

“The injured victims were rescued to the General Hospital Ijebu-Ode, while corpses were deposited at the same Ijebu-Ode General Hospital Mortuary,” he added.

He, however, said that efforts were currently on-going as of the time of filing the report to remove the Mazda bus from the river.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Buhari returns to office

President Buhari on Tuesday resumed office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after returning from the presidential election break.
Post a Comment
Read more

Actress Susan Jimah Shares How Apprentice Emptied Her Brother's Phone Shop

Nollywood actress Susan Jimah Odiachi has narrated how her brother's apprentice emptied his shop and hid the proceeds at his girlfriend's house. 
Post a Comment
Read more

MAN TOOK HIS OWN LIFE

A middle aged man popularly known as papa Ebube residing in Aritelin area in yenagoa took his own life by hanging in the early hours on Sunday. According to residents in the area, papa Ebube may have commited suicide because he lost his bet nija ticket that could have earned him thirty six million naira. Documents found in his possession when the police arrived, revealed that, the deseased was a graduate, a tricycle  rider and a great lover of sports whose son is expected to graduate from the Nigerian  military school this year. Neighbour's told our reporter that papa Ebube was a jolly good fellow in the neighborhood, had two wives and two children living with him but left when they constantly suffered domestic violence under his watch Suicide is not an option.
Post a Comment
Read more