A truck driver misplaced each legs whereas 4 individuals have been killed and 13 passengers critically injured in a collision between a truck and a industrial bus on Alaro City Bridge, inward T-Junction, Epe, Lagos State.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, mentioned in an announcement on Wednesday that the crash occurred on the single-lane bridge, the place the truck rammed into a totally loaded industrial bus, leaving a number of victims trapped in the wreckage.
Four individuals, together with the industrial bus driver, died in the collision, whereas 13 different passengers sustained vital accidents. The truck driver additionally suffered extreme accidents, with each legs severed and trapped in the wreckage.
“The truck driver also suffered grievous bodily trauma, sustaining the traumatic severance of both legs, which became trapped within the mangled wreckage following the collision,” the assertion mentioned.
LASTMA mentioned its operatives, with help from the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, evacuated the our bodies of the 4 deceased victims to a mortuary.
The Lagos State Ambulance Service, LASAMBUS, transported the 13 critically injured passengers to the closest medical facility for pressing remedy.
Security personnel from the Epe Police Division additionally supported the rescue operation by offering safety on the scene and guaranteeing the train proceeded in an orderly method.
The General Manager of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, expressed condolences to the households of the deceased, describing the lack of lives as profoundly distressing.
He sympathised with the bereaved households and wished the injured victims a speedy and full restoration.
Bakare-Oki additionally careworn the necessity for motorists to drive responsibly and obey visitors laws, notably when utilizing bridges, slender roads and different restricted sections the place reckless driving may result in deadly accidents.
(*13*), LASTMA mentioned its officers had launched visitors administration measures alongside the affected path to ease congestion, regulate automobile motion and regularly restore regular visitors stream.
The authority added that its personnel remained on the hall to handle the visitors backlog and make sure the orderly motion of autos.
LASTMA reaffirmed its dedication to defending lives, selling street security and responding promptly to visitors incidents by means of collaboration with related emergency response and safety businesses.
The authority urged motorists to train warning, keep protected following distances, observe velocity limits and keep away from harmful driving manoeuvres, particularly on bridges and slender roads the place careless driving may consequence in lack of lives.
