A pregnant woman allegedly to be middle age was burnt to death in a fatal road accident. This occurred at the Ibadan-Abeokuta express way on Tuesday.
This happened around Omi Adio axis of the Ibadan-Abeokuta expressway, Tuesday afternoon, left several others with injuries.
It was gathered that apart from the pregnant woman who lost her life. Other eight people were said to have sustained severe injuries when they were trapped in the commercial bus coming from Apata to Omi Adio, along the one lane expressway. Daily Post reports.
According to the witness, the commercial bus developed mechanical problem when its shaft pulled off. causing the driver to lose control and rammed into a ditch after somersaulting several times.
Meanwhile, passengers were in the process of finding their way out of wrecked bus when it went up in flames.
A team of Police officers from the Apata Ibadan unit of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC). And police officers from the traffic section of the Omi Adio, Ibadan Divisional Police Station were seen assisting sympathisers to evacuate the victims of the accident from the deep valley where the bus plunged into.
As at the time of filing this report, the wreckage of the commercial bus was yet to be retrieved from the deep valley.
Those injured have been rushed to a nearby hospital, (Alaafia hospital, Apata) where they are receiving medical attention.
it was gathered that the corpse of the pregnant woman was said to have been deposited at the Adeoyo State hospital morgue, Ring road, Ibadan.
A police officer from Omi Adio Police Station, attributed the accident to over speeding and lack of maintenance culture among commercial vehicles by operators.
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