Five Adults, Two Kids Killed As Dangote Truck Crushes Bus

Seven persons have been confirmed dead after a Dangote truck
conveying bags of cement rammed into a yellow commercial bus at Tollgate, Ota, along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State.
The deceased included five adults and two children while 10 persons sustained injuries in the crash which occurred around 11.30am on Saturday.
The Tide’s source  learnt that a sienna bus with the number plate, APP 122 CD was also involved in the accident.
It was gathered that there was traffic on the expressway at the time and the truck had a brake failure, forcing the driver to run into the bus in the process.
Following the deaths, angry youths took to the expressway and set ablaze the truck.
Our correspondent learnt that it took the intervention of police and the Olota of Ota, Oba Adeyemi Obalanlege, to pacify the protesters and restored normalcy to the area.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, Clement Oladele, said firefighters assisted in putting out the inferno.