An accident that occurred alongside the Otedola Bridge part of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Boxing Day left 10 individuals with various levels of accidents.
PUNCH Metro learnt from an incident report signed by the Everlasting Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Administration Company, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, on Thursday, that the accident occurred when a protracted bus crashed right into a stationary containerised truck.
In line with Oke-Osanyintolu, the lengthy bus driver misplaced management after the car developed a brake system failure resulting in the crash.
He famous that although no lives had been misplaced within the incident, 10 passengers within the car sustained accidents.
The PS mentioned, “Upon arrival at 0650hrs, LASEMA’s Tiger Response Staff from Tiger Base Alausa, found {that a} branded lengthy bus (title withheld), registration quantity MUS-176XC, had crashed right into a stationary 40ft container truck from behind.
“Investigations performed by the company’s Tiger Response Staff revealed that the accident lengthy bus driver misplaced management of the car in movement and crashed into the stationary truck because of brake failure.
“Thankfully, no lives had been misplaced as a result of incident. Ten victims comprising three grownup males and 7 grownup females sustained varied levels of accidents.”
He burdened additional that the LASEMA Response Staff administered first help to the victims earlier than transporting them to a close-by hospital.
The PS added that different occupants of the car who escaped unharmed had been moved to a different car for the continuation of their journey.
“All of the accident victims had been promptly attended to by the company’s Pre-Hospital Care Staff and had been taken to the Trauma Centre with the help of the Company’s ambulance and different ambulances current on the scene.
“Passengers that escaped the incident unscathed have been transferred to a different bus for onward transportation to their vacation spot,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.
PUNCH Metro reported on Thursday that 5 folks sustained various levels of accidents in a Christmas Day auto crash alongside the Mile 2-Badagary Expressway.
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Visitors Administration Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, disclosed that the accident concerned two industrial buses that collided because of a mechanical fault from one in all them.
He famous that one of many buses was travelling at prime velocity when its brake system failed resulting in the collision.