The commercial vehicle pictured above with plate # AKD 27
XA carrying 9 passengers got involved in a single collision
yesterday before bursting into flames around Costain area
of Iponri, Lagos.
Before the vehicle got engulfed in the flame, 5 passengers
were rescued but the other four were not as fortunate as
they were burnt to death.
Read eyewitness account of the crash:
“It was around 12 noon. The bus was coming from the Lagos
Island through the Eko Bridge. It was trying to descend the
bridge inward Costain, but it was on high speed.
“Because of the speed, the driver lost control of the bus and it
hit the culvert. It somersaulted several times and went up in
flames.
“There were nine people in the vehicle. Out of the nine, five were
injured, but four people were burnt to death.”
LASAMBUS (Lagos State Ambulance Service) took the
survivors to Lagos State General Hospital on the Island as
officials from the Iponri police division took the corpses of
the victims to a mortuary in the area.
LASTMA spokeswoman, Bola Ajao who confirmed the
incident said:
“The vehicle burst into flames about five minutes after hitting
the culvert. Those who died were the driver, the two passengers
sitting with him in front and one other person sitting on the
front row. They were all trapped immediately the accident
happened and that was why they could not be rescued.” CLICK HERE TO READ FULL AND TOUCHING NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES BIOGRAPHY AND SCANDALS
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