A truck driver misplaced each legs whereas 4 individuals had been killed and 13 passengers critically injured in a collision between a truck and a business bus on Alaro City Bridge, inward T-(*13*), Epe, Lagos State.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, mentioned in a press release on Wednesday that the crash occurred on the single-lane bridge, the place the truck rammed into a completely loaded business bus, leaving a number of victims trapped in the wreckage.
Four individuals, together with the business bus driver, died in the collision, whereas 13 different passengers sustained essential accidents. The truck driver additionally suffered extreme accidents, with each legs severed and trapped in the wreckage.
“The truck driver additionally suffered grievous bodily trauma, sustaining the traumatic severance of each legs, which grew to become trapped inside the mangled wreckage following the collision,” the assertion mentioned.
LASTMA mentioned its operatives, with assist 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 therapy.
Security personnel from the Epe Police Division additionally supported the rescue operation by offering safety on the scene and making certain 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 burdened the necessity for motorists to drive responsibly and obey site visitors rules, significantly when utilizing bridges, slim roads and different restricted sections the place reckless driving may result in deadly accidents.
Meanwhile, LASTMA mentioned its officers had launched site visitors administration measures alongside the affected path to ease congestion, regulate automobile motion and regularly restore regular site visitors move.
The authority added that its personnel remained on the hall to handle the site visitors backlog and make sure the orderly motion of automobiles.
LASTMA reaffirmed its dedication to defending lives, selling highway security and responding promptly to site visitors incidents by way of collaboration with related emergency response and safety companies.
The authority urged motorists to train warning, preserve protected following distances, observe pace limits and keep away from harmful driving manoeuvres, particularly on bridges and slim roads the place careless driving may consequence in lack of lives.
