Four persons reportedly died on Thursday while nine others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus and an unregistered truck at Obada Oko on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.

The spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident to newsmen in Abeokuta.

Okpe said 14 people were involved in the accident, comprising nine male adults and five female adults.

She stated further that the accident was caused by route violation by the unregistered truck, which collided with the bus marked KRD 831 YD.

The spokesman said the driver of the truck fled with the vehicle after the incident.

She added that the injured victims were taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, State General Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta and Aries Medicare Hospital, Obada town for medical attention.