Three persons were burnt to death while 15 others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a commercial bus reportedly suffered a tyre burst and burst into flames along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed this in a telephone conversation with PUNCH Metro on Thursday.
According to Akinbiyi, the accident occurred around 11am at Iyana Egbado along the Ewekoro inbound Papalanto area of the expressway in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.
He noted that the crash involved a Mazda bus with registration number KRD 809 XC carrying 20 passengers.
Akinbiyi noted that the bus suffered a tyre burst while in motion, causing the driver to lose control before the vehicle somersaulted into a nearby bush and caught fire.
