Passenger injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident dies in hospital

The passenger who was critically injured in Friday’s highway accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has died whereas receiving therapy on the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu, Ogun State.

The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, TRACE, confirmed the event in an replace issued on Saturday, noting that the sufferer died on the hospital.

The info was contained in a report by the TRACE Unit Commander in Saapade, Cmdr Oridota P.O., after a post-accident go to to the ability on Saturday morning.

The company’s spokesperson, Akinbiyi Babatunde, shared the report with our correspondent.

The report didn’t disclose the id, age or gender of the deceased passenger.

According to the account, the hospital administration knowledgeable the TRACE workforce of the passenger’s loss of life throughout their go to.

The loss of life brings a tragic finish to an accident that originally left 13 folks injured on Friday, with no fatality recorded within the company’s first report.

The TRACE report acknowledged, “In the course of embarking on post crash visit to OOUTH sagamu this morning, it was announced by the hospital management that the only passenger in critical condition that was taken to OOUTH has passed on.”

The accident concerned a Mazda bus carrying 18 folks. TRACE had earlier defined that the automobile overturned after struggling a tyre burst and subsequently rammed right into a concrete barrier alongside the Lagos-bound lane of the expressway.

The company mentioned the injured passengers comprised two males, eight girls and three youngsters. They have been taken to 3 completely different hospitals, with one admitted to OOUTH, 9 evacuated to Divine Hospital in Ogere and three taken to Isara General Hospital.