Three dead as 18-seater passenger bus rams into truck in Lagos

Three passengers were killed on Saturday when a fully loaded commercial bus rammed into a truck around Charly Boy bus stop, Gbagada, Lagos.

According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the 18-seater passenger bus was en route to Ajah from the Oshodi area of the state.

Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, permanent secretary, LASEMA, said on Sunday that other passengers sustained various degrees of injuries.

“Following a distress call received at 22:01hrs through the agency’s 112/767 toll-free lines, LASEMA activated the Lagos State Emergency Response Plans with an arrival time of 22:17hrs,” the statement reads.

“Upon arrival of the Agency’s LRT at the incident scene, it was observed that a white Mazda, an 18-passenger commercial bus, registration number JJJ-844YA, loaded to capacity, headed for Ajah from Oshodi, lost control while on motion and rammed into a moving truck from behind.

“Three of the 18 passengers (2 adult males and 1 adult female), immediately lost their lives to the incident, while others sustained various degrees and categories of injuries.

“Out of the injured seven, three of the passengers were promptly administered Pre-Hospital care and ferried to Gbagada General Hospital for further treatment by the agency’s paramedics.”

LASEMA said the corpses of the deceased “have been bagged” ahead of the arrival of the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit to convey them to the morgue.