Seven people, including a pregnant woman and a baby were roasted to death at the weekend, after an accident, while five officials of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) and an unspecified number of traffic police were injured by hoodlums at Kara, along Lagos/Ibadan expressway, Vanguard reports.

The accident, which involved an 18-seater bus, occurred at about 3.30pm as the vehicle, which took off from Lagos reportedly went up in flames. The petrol tanker was said to have been leaky.

One of the passengers was said to have noticed a spark from the engine and raised the alarm which made the driver to stop abruptly in order to check the cause of the incident.

Eye witnesses account said all the passengers scampered for safety as soon as the vehicle stopped but this was too late as the fire had made the vehicle’s door to jam.

Vanguard reports that before help could come, seven of the passengers, including a pregnant woman and a baby, were burnt beyond recognition while eleven others sustained various degrees of injuries.

Some of the sympathisers were said to have put a call across to the fire fighters in Ogun State but none arrived the scene until the situation degenerated.

Meanwhile, some TRACE officials were said to have rushed to the scene but were prevented from rendering any assistance as hoodlums descended on them, venting their anger.

In the process, five officials, including the Akute Head of Operations, were assaulted.

An eye witness said the traffic police around the axis were not spared as many of them were injured by the hoodlums, although a distress call was later put across to both the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos, and Quick Response Squad from Mowe axis, who eventually put the situation under control.

The bodies and the injured persons were said to have be taken to Ogun State University Teaching Hospital (OSUTH), Sagamu.

TRACE Public Relations Officer Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the development, said the officials arrived the scene as soon as they received a distress call but lamented that the miscreants threw caution to the wind, causing further damage on the ever-busy expressway.

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