North-bound bus somersaults on Ibadan-Oyo Expressway, four die

Four persons were on Saturday confirmed dead with many injured when an 18- passenger white Toyota Hummer bus with number plates JJJ 941 XA (Lagos) somersaulted along Ibadan-Oyo Expressway.

The accident, according to Atiba Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, DCC Bayode Olugbesan, was caused by speeding and overloading.

He said 20 people were involved in the accident but four were confirmed dead at State Hospital, Oyo.

He said four people who died in the accident had been taken to the mortuary.

“All the victims are male and their destination is the north; the cause of the crash was over speeding and overloading, the bus was supposed to carry 14 passenger but was loaded with 20 passengers,” he said.