An accident on Boxing Day along the Otedola Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway left 10 people injured, with varying degrees of harm, PUNCH Metro has reported.
The incident, detailed in a statement by Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, occurred when a long bus collided with a stationary containerized truck.
Oke-Osanyintolu revealed that the bus driver lost control of the vehicle after its brake system failed, causing the crash.
He confirmed that although no fatalities were recorded, 10 passengers suffered injuries.
“Upon arrival at 0650hrs, LASEMA’s Tiger Response Team from Tiger Base Alausa, discovered that a branded long bus (name withheld), registration number MUS-176XC, had crashed into a stationary 40ft container truck from behind,” Oke-Osanyintolu stated.
The agency’s investigation indicated that the brake failure caused the driver to lose control and slam into the stationary truck.
Among the injured were three men and seven women, all of whom received immediate medical attention.
He added, “Fortunately, no lives were lost due to the incident. Ten victims comprising three adult males and seven adult females sustained various degrees of injuries.”
The LASEMA Response Team administered first aid before transporting the injured to a nearby trauma center for further treatment.
Passengers who were unharmed were transferred to another vehicle to continue their journey.
“All the accident victims were promptly attended to by the agency’s Pre-Hospital Care Team and were taken to the Trauma Centre with the aid of the Agency’s ambulance and other ambulances present at the scene. Passengers that escaped the incident unscathed have been transferred to another bus for onward transportation to their destination,” the PS explained.
In a related development earlier, another incident on Christmas Day where five individuals were injured in an auto crash along the Mile 2-Badagry Expressway.
According to spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, the crash involved two commercial buses. He attributed the collision to a mechanical fault in one of the buses, which lost control and collided with the other while traveling at high speed.
