A male passenger died and three others sustained injuries after a Mazda bus rammed into a truck at the Danco section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State on Monday night.

The crash occurred on the Lagos-bound carriageway and involved a blue Mazda bus with registration number AAA 989 YA and an unidentified truck whose driver reportedly fled the scene.

The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident in a traffic update on Tuesday.

Akinbiyi said eight passengers, comprising four men and four women, were aboard the bus. One man died, while two women and another man were injured.

Citing an eyewitness account, he said the truck driver allegedly reversed onto the expressway before the collision.

“According to an eyewitness, the crash was caused by an unidentified truck which reversed onto the expressway and was hit at the rear by the speeding bus. The truck sped off,” he said.

The injured passengers were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, while the deceased’s body was deposited at the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital.

Akinbiyi said personnel of TRACE and the Federal Road Safety Corps responded to the incident, managed traffic and cleared the crashed bus from the road.

He added that the crash temporarily disrupted movement on the Lagos-bound carriageway, but normal traffic flow was restored after the evacuation.

“Following the evacuation of the affected vehicles, the axis now enjoys free flow of traffic,” he said.