10 burnt to death in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash

The Federal Road Safety Commission on Monday confirmed that 10 persons lost their lives in a motor accident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The Commander of the Olympic Unit of the commission, Tanya Adeoye, who made the confirmation, told newsmen in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, that the dead were burnt beyond recognition.
Adeoye said that four persons survived the crash, which involved two trucks and one 18-seater Toyota Hiace commercial bus, with registration number BDG 767 XB.
He said that the bus, which was travelling from Ibadan to Lagos, was rammed into by a truck while it stopped to allow another truck with registration number SW 175 EPE to pull out of a quarry.
He attributed the accident to speeding and dangerous driving, saying: “The commercial bus immediately went up in flames and the flames later spread to other trucks.”
Adeoye said that the four people who sustained injuries were in the trucks and had been taken to the University College Hospital, Ibadan for treatment.
“The victims who were burnt beyond recognition were deposited at the Adeoyo State Hospital mortuary,” Adeoye added.
He disclosed that the commission was making efforts to contact the families of the victims through the driver’s manifest, which was not burnt.