A passenger who sustained critical injuries in a road accident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has died while receiving treatment at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, Ogun State.
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) confirmed the death in an update released on Saturday, November 7, following a post-accident visit to the hospital.
According to the agency, the hospital management informed its officials that the passenger, who was in critical condition after the crash, had died despite medical attention.
The accident occurred on Friday and involved a Mazda bus conveying 18 passengers. TRACE explained that the vehicle suffered a tyre burst, causing the driver to lose control before the bus overturned and crashed into a concrete barrier along the Lagos-bound section of the expressway.
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Initial reports indicated that 13 passengers, comprising two men, eight women and three children, sustained injuries and were rushed to different hospitals for treatment.
While nine victims were taken to Divine Hospital in Ogere, three were evacuated to Isara General Hospital, while the critically injured passenger was taken to OOUTH in Sagamu.
The passenger’s death brings the number of fatalities recorded in the accident to one. TRACE has yet to disclose the identity, age or gender of the deceased.
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