Three persons have died in an accident at Obada-Oko on the Ogun State stretch of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.
Eighteen others, including seven children, are critically injured. The accident occurred on Monday night.
It was learnt that the tyre of the grey Toyota Hiace bus conveying the victims burst and the vehicle sommersaulted.
The bus was numbered LAGOS FKJ 07 AS.
It was learnt that the occupants of the bus were members of the Celestial Church of Christ, who were going for their annual prayer congress at Imeko, Ogun State.
The Itori Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Fatai Bakare, said 21 persons, comprising four males, 10 females and seven children were in the bus.
Bakare said the driver was speeding when the tyre burst. He lost control of the wheel.
Bakare said the victims were taken to the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Idi-Aba, Abeokuta. The bodies of the dead were deposited at the morgue of the hospital.
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