Mob burns vehicle as driver crushes three to death on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
A mob has reportedly set on fire a Hilux Toyota vehicle after allegedly killing three people around the Kara-OPIC bus stop along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The white Toyota Hilux vehicle with number plate EPE80J was said to have suffered brake failure, after which it lost control and rammed into bystanders at the bus stop, killing three people and leaving two others injured.
Florence Okpe, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), revealed this in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday.
The injured victims were reportedly taken to Lagos Emergency Centre, Ojota, for medical treatment.
Some people at the Kara market who claimed to be relatives of the two deceased were said to have claimed their corpses for burial.
The other body was said to have been deposited at Idera Morgue, Sagamu
The statement partly read, “The crash occurred at about 2051 hrs around Kara-OPIC bus stop.
“Six people were involved in the crash, five males and one female. Two persons were injured while three were killed and they are all male adults.
“The crash involved a Toyota Hilux white colour with registration number EPE80J.
The cause of the crash was brake failure, the vehicle lost control and ran into people standing at the bus stop.
“The vehicle was set ablaze by angry people due to the killing.”
On the same road on Thursday, five people died while four others were injured in an accident that occurred around Fidiwo Bridge, near Ogunmakin, along the expressway.
The accident, which occurred at about 2:48 pm involved a red prime bus with number plate MUS191HA and a golden colour Toyota Camry with registration AKD754BG
Also on Wednesday, another crash around NASFAT involving two trucks and a bus killed five people, leaving 10 others injured.
The fatal crash was blamed on reckless driving on the part of one of the truck drivers, who made a sudden U-turn without showing the direction he wanted to navigate (traffic), causing the truck behind it and another bus to lose control and ram into each other.
