Ten people comprising seven adults and three children have lost their lives in a ghastly accident that happened at the Abule Osun area of the Lagos-Badagary Expressway, Lagos State, on Tuesday night.
News About Nigeria reports that the tragedy was made public by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement shared on X on Wednesday.
According to Oke-Osanyintolu, three other persons survived the accident, which happened around 11 pm with various degrees of injury.
Giving details, Oke-Osanyintolu explained that the accident occurred when a Siena vehicle loaded to capacity rammed into a stationary truck along the road.
He further noted that preliminary investigation showed that the Siena vehicle was travelling at top speed without considering the granite-laden truck, which had taken half of the road.
Oke-Osanyintolu said, “On arrival at the scene of the road traffic accident at Abule Osun, inward Iyana Iba, along Lagos-Badagry Expressway, it was discovered that a Toyota Sienna bus, registration number BDG 342 FS, laden to capacity with passengers from the eastern part of the country, was involved in a road accident with a parked SHACMAN truck, registration number unknown.
“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. Ten people lost their lives in the unfortunate incident, while three were critically injured. The dead passengers include three male adults, four female adults, two female children, and one male child.”
He also disclosed that the injured persons who were rescued by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) before the arrival of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) were rushed to the hospital for proper medical attention.
