A secondary school teacher identified as Mr AA Adeyeye has been confirmed dead, even as his 14 colleagues and a baby sustained varying degrees of injuries in an auto crash that occurred along the Epe-Ijebu Ode Expressway in the Epe Local Government of Lagos State.
It was gathered that Adeyeye, a teacher at Pobuna Secondary School in Epe, and his colleagues, including a nursing mother and her baby, were returning from the State Audit Verification Exercise in Alausa, Ikeja.
The body of the deceased teacher has been transferred to the Epe General Hospital morgue. In contrast, others who sustained critical injuries, including a nursing mother and her baby, were rushed to nearby hospitals where they could receive the best medical care in the state.
It was further gathered that they were returning home from Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, where they had gone for a State Audit Verification Exercise, when the bus conveying them collided with a truck, resulting in Adeyeye’s death and others sustaining injuries.
Casualties from the auto crash were confirmed by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) through a statement released on Tuesday and made available to newsmen in the state.
According to the education body, the trailer travelling in the wrong direction went head-on with the 18-seater bus, resulting in a crash that claimed Adeyeye’s life.
It further noted that the wreckage of the bus remains at the accident scene for investigation of reasons for the auto crash and possible prosecution by the law.
The NUT commended the efforts of teachers, youths, and community members who offered immediate assistance to ensure the survivors received prompt and professional medical attention. The NUC stressed that their intervention assisted in saving the passengers of the ill-fated bus.
“Their swift intervention minimised further loss of life and ensured critical care for the injured,” it added.
NUT also expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased while urging the authorities to enforce stricter road safety measures to prevent similar incidents.
