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Couple, One Other Die in Ogun Bus Accident

Ololade Adeyanju/

Three persons, including a couple, died in a lone accident on the Ijebu Ode-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State, yesterday.

Relations have identified the late couple as Mr. and Mrs. Bayo Sanusi.

The late couple.

Eleven others were injured in the accident involving a Mazda E220 commercial bus.

The bus with 14 occupants plunged into the Ososa River in the Ijebu Ode area as the driver reportedly lost control of the bus due to a mechanical fault.

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State, Clement Oladele, said the accident occurred around 10.30am.

Oladele stated: “The lone crash involved a yellow Mazda E220 commercial bus. The bus took off from the Ijebu Ode Motor Park and was going to Lagos, but the driver lost control and the bus plunged into the Ososa River in Ijebu Ode. The suspected cause of the crash is mechanical fault.

“A total of 14 people comprising five male adults and nine female adults were involved in the crash. Eleven of them were injured and a total of three people died in the crash.

“The injured victims were rescued and taken to the Ijebu Ode General Hospital, and the corpses of the dead victims were deposited in the Ijebu Ode General Hospital mortuary.”

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