Ogun State multiple auto crashes

Four persons lost their lives while
several others were critically injured in two
separate accidents in Abeokuta, the Ogun State
capital and Ilaro in Yewa South Local Government
Area of the state.
The first accident, yesterday afternoon, involved
members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jammat, who
were returning to Abeokuta after their three-day
annual congress in Ilaro.
Vanguard gathered that one of the rear tyres of the
bus conveying members of the religious sect burst
while on high speed, which caused the driver to lose
control of the bus. The bus, it was gathered,
somersaulted three times, killing the driver on the
spot.
When our correspondent visited the state hospital in
Ijaye, where the injured were being treated, one of
the injured said the incident occurred shortly after
the vehicle had left Ibese.
At press time, the exact causality figure remained
uncertain, as the dead and the injured were still
being conveyed to the hospital.
Vanguard observed that officials of the hospitals hid
the identity of the victims from their relatives who
besieged the hospital to ascertain the state of health
of their loved ones.