No fewer than five adults and four children were
yesterday confirmed dead, after a commercial
bus and an articulated truck collided in Fadeyi
axis of Lagos State. Officials of the Emergency
Response Team, ERT disclosed to Vanguard that
five adult (4 male and 1 female) and 4 children
( 2male, 2 female), died at the spot. Vanguard
gathered that the accident which occurred at
about 5:45 am, left other 10 passengers with
varying degrees of injuries.
When Vanguard visited the scene at about 9 am,
the State Emergency Response Team led by the
General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency
Management Agency, LASEMA were sighted
extricating the victims of the from the damaged
vehicle and truck. Other members of the ERT
were officials of the Lagos State Traffic
Management Authority, LASTMA, Lagos State
Ambulance Bus, LASAMBUS, Federal Road
Safety Corps, FRSC and officers of the Nigeria
Police attached to the Onipanu Division.
Sources said that while the commercial bus was
returning from a Northern state, the articulated
truck was enroute Ikorodu. Confirming the
accident, General Manager of LASEMA, Mr.
Michael Akindele, blamed the accident on
overspeeding. Akindele explained that the
commercial bus, a Toyota Hiace with registration
number: KT 715 YG, was overspeeding and on
approaching Fadeyi Bus stop, veered off its lane,
hit the culvert and later collided with an
upcoming articulated truck with registration No.
GGE 715 YG.
His words, “A total number of 9 persons lost
their lives in the incident. And 10 others have
been rushed to the Emergency Trauma Centre at
Tollgate along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.” The
General Manager however, urged drivers to
adhere to road codes and safety measures and
avoid over speeding, saying “this will help
prevent accident that often leads to loss of lives
and property.”
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yesterday confirmed dead, after a commercial
bus and an articulated truck collided in Fadeyi
axis of Lagos State. Officials of the Emergency
Response Team, ERT disclosed to Vanguard that
five adult (4 male and 1 female) and 4 children
( 2male, 2 female), died at the spot. Vanguard
gathered that the accident which occurred at
about 5:45 am, left other 10 passengers with
varying degrees of injuries.
When Vanguard visited the scene at about 9 am,
the State Emergency Response Team led by the
General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency
Management Agency, LASEMA were sighted
extricating the victims of the from the damaged
vehicle and truck. Other members of the ERT
were officials of the Lagos State Traffic
Management Authority, LASTMA, Lagos State
Ambulance Bus, LASAMBUS, Federal Road
Safety Corps, FRSC and officers of the Nigeria
Police attached to the Onipanu Division.
Sources said that while the commercial bus was
returning from a Northern state, the articulated
truck was enroute Ikorodu. Confirming the
accident, General Manager of LASEMA, Mr.
Michael Akindele, blamed the accident on
overspeeding. Akindele explained that the
commercial bus, a Toyota Hiace with registration
number: KT 715 YG, was overspeeding and on
approaching Fadeyi Bus stop, veered off its lane,
hit the culvert and later collided with an
upcoming articulated truck with registration No.
GGE 715 YG.
His words, “A total number of 9 persons lost
their lives in the incident. And 10 others have
been rushed to the Emergency Trauma Centre at
Tollgate along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.” The
General Manager however, urged drivers to
adhere to road codes and safety measures and
avoid over speeding, saying “this will help
prevent accident that often leads to loss of lives
and property.”
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