No fewer than 59 passengers in a fully loaded bus belonging to the Bus Rapid Transport scheme sustained varying degrees of injury on Tuesday when the vehicle collided with a Dangote cement truck on Ikorodu Road, Lagos State.
According to reports by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) via its Twitter page, “A fatal accident involving a loaded trailer going inward Ikorodu that skidded off the main carriageway to collide with a high capacity bus on the BRT corridor“.
Many persons are reportedly injured in the accident.
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A witness said the BRT bus was coming from Ikorodu garage with passengers when the truck lost its brakes and rammed into the bus
See post below:
[10.08am] #Ikorodu #lastmareports
A fatal accident involving a loaded trailer going inw Ikorodu that skidded off the main carriageway to collide with a high capacity bus on the BRT corridor. @TrafficChiefNG @Gidi_Traffic @trafficbutter @lagostelevision @lagostraffic961 pic.twitter.com/feUxQsvqGR— LASTMA (@followlastma) August 27, 2019
[10.28am]
The evacuation process has started. Traffic backlog has extended to Oja b/stop for those coming from Ikorodu. The backlog is at Asolo for those going into Ikorodu.@TrafficChiefNG @Gidi_Traffic @trafficbutter @lagostelevision @lagostraffic961 pic.twitter.com/NnRlaBBqG5— LASTMA (@followlastma) August 27, 2019
