Yet-to-be-identified footballer has died in an auto crash involving a Mercedes-Benz C300 and a bus on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the Magboro area of Ogun State, Nigeria..
The auto crash occurred on Monday in the Magboro axis of the expressway, in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area.
Personnel of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TCEA) and police officers confirmed the death to Punch co,rrespondent at the scene, stating that it involved a hit-and-run driver.
An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the footballer and other members of his academy were travelling in two vehicles to a football match when a trailer allegedly hit the Mercedes-Benz, which then collided with the bus.
The eyewitness said: “We were going for a match. We just saw a trailer cross from the other side and hit this Benz, then it hit the bus. Only one person died in the car while the rest of us survived.
“Everyone in the bus is fine, too. The trailer driver fled with his vehicle afterwards.”
The Mercedes-Benz, with registration number SMK-878KX, was badly crushed, while efforts were ongoing to evacuate its wreckage from the expressway.