At least ten people, including three children and seven adults, lost their lives in an accident at the Abule Osun area of the Lagos-Badagary Expressway, Lagos State, on Tuesday night, October 1.
Three other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident that occurred around 11 pm.
In a statement on Wednesday, October 2, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, reported that the accident happened when a fully loaded Sienna vehicle collided with a stationary truck on the road.
He disclosed that the investigation revealed that the Sienna vehicle was on top speed without taking cognizance of 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 to 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 added that the injured persons were rescued by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) before the arrival of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) team while the deceased would be handed to the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit for necessary action.
The injured passengers reportedly rescued and taken to a nearby hospital by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps before the arrival of the agency’s Lagos State Emergency Management Agency’s Light Rescue Team (LRT) at the scene of the incident include, one female adult and two children.
“The accidental Toyota Sienna was recovered with the aid of the Agency’s Lite Tow Truck and towed to the FRSC station.
“The ten commodities have been bagged, awaiting the arrival of the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit for evacuation of the commodities,” the LASEMA Permanent Secretary (PS) said.
Two passengers also lost their lives after falling off a moving vehicle along the Mountain Top area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday, September 29.
Four other persons had also sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident that occurred at about 2 pm.
An eyewitness who was identified as Sadiq said that the victims, who were being conveyed in a long vehicle, had stood up while the vehicle approached the bridge in the area.
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