Four Feared Dead As Truck Pushes Bus Into River in Ogun

Four persons – two males and two females, were killed on Friday in an accident when a truck running on top speed pushed a commercial bus off the Kara Bridge on Lagos – Ibadan expressway into a river beneath it.

The accident which occurred around 10:50am involved a Sino truck marked KMC 47 ZB and an Urvan  bus.

Two of the passengers in the bus died at the scene.

The spokesman of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Mr  Babatunde Akinbiyi who confirmed the auto accident, said the remains of the dead were kept at  the morgue of the  Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, (OOUTH), Sagamu, while the  injured are receiving treatment at the Lagos State Emergency Centre.

According to Akinbiyi, the truck driver and his boy have also been arrested and detained at the Akute Divisional Police Headquarters, Akute, Ogun State.

“The truck lost control due to over speeding, then hit the commercial bus beside it, which fell from the Kara bridge down, a few metres from the river.

“Out of the six occupants in the commercial bus, four died on the spot and their bodies have been deposited at the morgue of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, (OOUTH), Sagamu, while the  injured are receiving treatment at the Lagos State Emergency Centre.

“However, the two  occupants in the truck (the driver  motor-boy) have been arrested and  detained at the  Adigboluja Police Station, Akute along with  the accident truck  and  commercial bus,” Akinbiyi added.