The Nation
A two-month-old baby and two other passengers died yesterday in an accident on the Ibadan-Abeokuta Expressway.
It was gathered that the trio were passengers in a 12-seater commercial bus. The bus collided with a truck.
Angry residents of Apata, Ibadan in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State destroyed five trucks in protest.
The protest was brought under control by a team of anti-riot policemen from Iyaganku Police Station at 12.10pm.
The Apata Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Matthew Cyril Sambo, said six others were injured. He said they were taken to Alaafia Hospital, Apata, Ibadan.
Sambo said the truck, which was carrying granite, and the commercial bus had a collision.
The driver of the truck was said to have attempted to overtake a vehicle when he ran into the bus.
An eyewitness said the accident occurred at 11am at Km 6, Abeokuta Road, Apata, Opp De-Vine Hotel, Ibadan.
A commercial tricycle was involved but none of its four passengers were injured
A two-month-old baby and two other passengers died yesterday in an accident on the Ibadan-Abeokuta Expressway.
It was gathered that the trio were passengers in a 12-seater commercial bus. The bus collided with a truck.
Angry residents of Apata, Ibadan in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State destroyed five trucks in protest.
The protest was brought under control by a team of anti-riot policemen from Iyaganku Police Station at 12.10pm.
The Apata Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Matthew Cyril Sambo, said six others were injured. He said they were taken to Alaafia Hospital, Apata, Ibadan.
Sambo said the truck, which was carrying granite, and the commercial bus had a collision.
The driver of the truck was said to have attempted to overtake a vehicle when he ran into the bus.
An eyewitness said the accident occurred at 11am at Km 6, Abeokuta Road, Apata, Opp De-Vine Hotel, Ibadan.
A commercial tricycle was involved but none of its four passengers were injured