Container Laden Truck Crushes Passenger Bus, Killing Nine People In Lagos
Category: Lagos News
A 20ft laden container has fallen on a commercial bus in the Ojuelegba area of
Lagos State, crushing nine passengers to death.
Investigations
reveal that the commercial bus was picking up passengers at the bus stop along
the Ojuelegba Bridge when the truck lost control and fell over the side of the
bridge.
Early responders at the scene of the incident were the
officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) who
suspended the container and cut off the top of the bus to rescue a woman and
take her to the trauma centre.
LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed the
incident to Channels Television on Sunday.
He explained that the
nine victims recovered comprised four adult males, three adult females, a girl
child and a boy child.
The Lagos State Traffic Management
Authority (LASTMA) also issued a terse statement confirming the accident.
According to the agency, efforts are being made to rescue the victims.
“A container laden truck has fallen on a bus at Ojuelegba, inwards
Fadeyi. The effort is currently being made towards rescue and evacuation,” the
statement read.
“Recovery of the fallen container is still
ongoing, though it has been taken off on top of the minibus but is yet to be
completely removed from the location, traffic is still on hold, and we have a
backlog of traffic presently at Alaka.
“Kindly exercise patience or find an alternative if you are not
trapped in the traffic.”
It was gathered that some passengers were
trapped because of the incident.
An eyewitness said that the truck
driver wanted to block the bus from overtaking him.
So sorry, may their souls rest in peace
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