Seven passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries on Christmas Eve when the bus they were travelling in somersaulted due to a tyre burst around the Eledumare area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. Spokesperson of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps(TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed this to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta on Thursday. Akinbiyi said that operatives of the TRACE and Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) were on the ground to rescue the injured victims. Akinbiyi added that traffic was not affected during the rescue operation and that it flowed freely on the road. This timely intervention effectively averted a potential escalation of the tragedy before the arrival of other emergency and security agencies.

Source: The Guardian December 26, 2025 04:03 UTC