About 15 passengers sustained accidents in a a number of accident that occurred at Ketu, inward Ojota, in Lagos state.
The Lagos State Emergency Administration Company (LASEMA), Everlasting Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in an announcement made out there to the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday.
Oke-Osanyintolu stated the accident was reported by way of the state’s toll free emergency numbers, 767 and 112.
He added that the LASEMA’s Response Crew from the Command and Management Centre, C3, Alausa swiftly swung to the scene.
“They arrived the scene of the a number of collision which concerned three autos underneath the Ojota Interchange Bridge, at 11.40 hrs.
“Upon arrival, it was found that the accident concerned a BRT bus, with registration quantity EXY-167XY, an articulated truck, with unknown registration quantity and an 18-seater business bus, with registration quantity, JJJ-439YG.
“The articulated truck was laden with a 40-feet container.
“Additional investigations revealed that the articulated truck, whereas heading inward Ketu, instantly misplaced management on movement,” he stated.
He added that the truck skidded off its lane and collided with the BRT bus headed inward Ojota from the wrong way.
“The BRT subsequently skidded off its lane into the service lane and collided with the yellow business bus.
“15 individuals had been injured. No important accidents had been sustained and fatalities had been recorded.
“The BRT bus suffered important injury to the entrance and rear ends and the tractor head of the truck was additionally broken,” he stated.
He added that the injured victims had been transported to close by hospitals for therapy.
“4 of the victims had been attended to by the company’s pre-hospital care workforce alongside the Lagos State Ambulance Service on the incident scene.
“LASEMA in collaboration with the Lagos State Visitors Administration Authority (LASTMA) officers on the incident scene, activated street visitors management and had been capable of divert autos into the BRT lane to soundly evacuate the autos off the street.
“The articulated truck was recovered off the street and towed to LASTMA yard at Oshodi.
“The BRT bus was recovered off the street to the BRT yard in Ojota, whereas the yellow business bus was pushed off by its proprietor,” he added.
He stated that the street had been let loose for vehicular actions.