Five dead as 18-seater bus somersaults on Ore-Lagos expressway

The police command in Ondo says five persons have died in a road accident along the Ore-Lagos expressway on Saturday.

Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the spokesperson of the command, said in a statement that the auto crash happened at the Akinfosile area of the expressway around 4:30 p.m.

Odunlami-Omisanya said the vehicle involved was a Toyota Hiace Bus with Reg No FKG 405 FX en route to Lagos from Akure, Ondo capital.

She said the bus “somersaulted and entered into the bush”, claiming the lives of some of the passengers.

Odunlami-Omisanya said seven people sustained injuries and were taken to Grace of God Hospital, while the dead were deposited at the mortuary in the same hospital.

“Today at about 04:30 pm, around Akinfosile area along Ore/Lagos expressway, the Police received report that a Toyota Hiace Bus with Reg No FKG 405 FX from Akure en route Lagos while on the way somersaulted and entered into the bush,” the statement reads.

Odunlami-Omisanya said an investigation is ongoing to unravel the cause of the accident while an effort is being made to contact the families of the passengers involved.

She urged members of the public “to reach out to their relatives who left for Lagos from Akure on Saturday to check on them”.

She directed “those in doubt of the whereabouts of their families to reach out to the police at Igbotako Division through this phone no 07033285708 for more information”.