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PHOTOS: Bus Full Of OOU Students Crushed By Loaded Container; All Died

A container fell and crushed a fully loaded commuter bus, killing all passengers of the bus Friday afternoon in Ogun State , western Nigeria .

The occupants of the bus were mainly students of Olabisi Onabanjo Umiversity , OOU , Ago Iwoye , who were said to be on their way to Lagos.

An eyewitness, Commander Tommy Hamzat , the Commander of the TRACE , Ijebu Command, told reporters that the truck driver drove against traffic and the bus driver collided with the truck and killed all occupants including the bus driver .

“ I was coming from Sagamu side and saw the accident. I had to hurriedly park my car , run to the scene to see if the passengers could be rescued but unfortunately all the occupants were dead including the driver .

“ The bus was facing Lagos , but I dont know where it was coming from. The driver of the truck carrying an empty container was coming from Sagamu axis but was driving against traffic and that resulted in the collision, which eventually claimed the lives of the innocent people , ” he explained.

The remains of the deceased have been taken to the mortuary at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching
Hospital , OOUTH , Sagamu .



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