A luxury bus conveying 63 passengers have lost control in
Ogun State, killing no fewer than seven persons on Christmas day.
FACTUAL NAIJA gathered that the accident occurred on the Ososa
bridge, along Benin-Ore highway at about 12:20 am on Saturday.
The red-coloured Mercedes Benz bus without a registration
number reportedly belongs to Izu Chukwu Motors, Onitsha.
The vehicle, which took off from Ojuelegba, Lagos, had 40
male adults, 15 female adults, five male children and three female children
aboard as of the time of the incident.
Aside the dead victims, seven other passengers sustained
injuries – three men and four women.
The spokesperson of the Ogun State Command of the Federal
Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident.
Okpe said the remaining 49 persons were rescued unhurt,
being 34 men, seven women, five male children and three female children.
“The suspected cause of the lone accident was wrongful
overtaking and loss of control.
“The injured victims were rendered first-aid treatment while
the deceased bodies were deposited at State Hospital Mortuary, Ijebu Ode,” Okpe
said.