Conductor burns to death in Lagos auto crash
A bus conductor was on Thursday burnt to death after an auto crash on the Odo Iya Alaro flyover in the Maryland area of Lagos State.
Textile materials in the vehicle were also burnt in the accident which was said to have happened around 4am.
The commercial bus, with registration number, Lagos XW 350 AKD, was said to have had a burst tyre during its journey towards the Ikorodu area of the state.
Our correspondent learnt from an eyewitness that there were four people in the vehicle ─ two men, who were presumably conveying the textile wares to the market, the conductor and driver.
The witness, Idowu Kuba, said immediately the tyre burst and the vehicle lost control, the two passengers