A middle aged pregnant woman was on Tuesday burnt to death
in a fatal road accident, which occurred at the Ibadan-Abeokuta express way.
The incident, which happened at Omi Adio axis of the
Ibadan-Abeokuta expressway, Tuesday afternoon, left several others with
injuries.
Apart from the pregnant woman who lost her life, no fewer
than 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.
The ill-fated commercial bus, according to eyewitness
account developed mechanical problem when its shaft pulled off, causing the
driver to lose control and rammed into a ditch after somersaulting several
times.
However, the confused passengers numbering about ten were in
the process of finding their way out of the wrecked bus when it went up in
flames and trapped the occupants.
As dozens of sympathisers struggled to rescue the victims,
the pregnant woman who was said to have been seated in the front became
unconscious and was unable to escape from the inferno, which also caught other
passengers in the bus.
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 medical facility,
Alaafia hospital, Apata where they are receiving medical attention.
The corpse of the pregnant woman, our correspondent
gathered, 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 operators of
commercial vehicles.
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