One killed, others injured as bus rams into broken-down truck

By Evelyn Usman

Tragedy struck astatine Obadore, inward Igando, on the LASU-Igando Road, Lagos, astatine astir 11 p.m. connected Saturday, erstwhile a afloat loaded commercialized autobus rammed into a broken-down Private Sector Participant (PSP) discarded truck, leaving 1 idiosyncratic dormant and respective others injured.

The incidental prompted a swift effect from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).
According to LASEMA’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, preliminary probe revealed that the PSP motortruck was abandoned connected the accelerated lane without a “C-Caution” motion oregon immoderate disposable informing to alert oncoming vehicles.

He said, “Upon receiving distress calls, LASEMA activated the state’s exigency effect program from its Igando base. Investigations showed that the PSP truck, with registration fig KSF 254 XV, had breached down connected the Obadore Bridge without immoderate caution sign, erstwhile a Mazda commercialized bus, registration fig LND 602 YE, loaded with passengers, crashed into it.”

“The operator of the Mazda bus, an big male, died connected the spot, portion respective passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries,” helium added.

Oke-Osanyintolu noted that the LASEMA Response Team cordoned disconnected the country and activated postulation power measures to forestall secondary incidents. The injured passengers were treated by LASAMBUS unit astatine the country earlier being taken to the infirmary for further care.

He disclosed that the deceased operator was a unit subordinate of Lagos State University (LASU), adding that his remains had been evacuated with a LASU ambulance to his residence.

The wrecked autobus was towed to the Obadore Police Station, portion mean vehicular question has since been restored.

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