Fifteen people were injured in a road accident that involved three vehicles, including a BRT bus, at the Ojota bridge in Lagos.
Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the permanent secretary at the
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LESEMA), said in a statement on Friday
that there were no casualties in the accident.
Oke-Osanyintolu noted that the accident involved a BRT bus,
an articulated truck laden with a 40ft container, and an 18-seater commercial
bus.
“The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, today
received distress calls via the state’s toll-free emergency numbers 767/112
regarding a multiple road traffic accident at the abovementioned address,” the
statement reads.
“Upon arrival at the
scene, it was discovered that a BRT bus, registration number EXY-167XY, an
articulated truck, registration number unknown, laden with a 40ft container,
and an 18-seater commercial bus, registration number JJJ-439YG, were involved
in an accident at the aforementioned location.
“Investigations by the agency’s LRT revealed that the
articulated truck, while heading inward Ketu, suddenly lost control on motion,
skidded off its lane, and collided with a BRT bus headed inward Ojota from the
opposite direction.
The BRT subsequently skidded off its lane into the service
lane and collided with the yellow commercial bus.”
“The BRT bus suffered
significant damage to the front and rear ends. The tractor head of the truck
was also damaged.
Fifteen people were injured. No critical injuries were
sustained. No fatalities were recorded.
“The injured victims were transported to nearby hospitals
for treatment, while four of the victims were attended to by the Agency’s
Pre-Hospital Care Team alongside LASAMBUS at the incident scene. The road has
been set free for vehicular activities.”
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