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10 killed as commercial bus rams into stationary truck

POSTED ON October 2, 2024 •   Metro      BY Benedicta Bassey
Scene of the incident

No fewer than 10 passengers lost their lives in the early hours of Wednesday in a fatal accident as a commercial bus rammed into a stationary truck at Abule-Osun, inward Iyana-Iba, along the Lagos-Badagry expressway, Lagos State.

The passengers that lost their lives included three children.

However, three passengers who survived the accident are currently receiving treatments in the hospital where they were rushed to.

It was gathered that the accident occured at about 2.15 a.m., October 2, 2024 at Abule Osun, inward Iyana Iba, along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

An eyewitness, identified simply as Anthony, claimed that the accident occured when a Toyota Sienna bus with plate-number BDG 342 FS, loaded with passengers from the eastern part of the country, apparently speeding, was involved in a road accident with a stationary SHACMAN truck, with unknown registration number.

Reacting to the unfortunate development, the Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femí Oke-Osanyitolu, attributed the crash to speeding.

Oke-Osanyitolu explained, “Further investigations revealed that the truck, which was laden with granite, was parked on the road, shutting down about half of the carriageway, while the Toyota Sienna on top speed, unknowingly crashed into the parked truck from behind.

“Unfortunately,10 passengers lost their lives to the unfortunate incident, while three were critically injured.

“One out of the two initial surviving female adults of the crash later died. The dead passengers include three male adults, four female adults, two female children and one male child.

“The female adult, and the two rescued children, fortunately survived the crash after receiving immediate medical attention from Lagos State Ambulance Service, LASAMBUS, at the incident scene before they were subsequently taken to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja for further treatment.

“Emergency responders, including LASEMA and officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, promptly rescued the injured passengers.”

He said the remains of the 10 bodies were retrieved and evacuated to the mortuary by the officials of SEHMU.

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