Lagos: Eight dead, several injured in bus, truck collision at Badagry
The Lagos Convey Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed that eight folks misplaced their lives in a lethal traffic accident keen a commercial Mazda bus and a DAF truck at Atura Bus Conclude, inbound Badagry, in the early hours of Sunday.
The smash eager a 16-seater commercial bus with registration quantity KJA 811 YF and a DAF truck marked T1 4636 LA. In accordance to preliminary investigations by traffic enforcement officers, the motive force of the commercial bus modified into as soon as speeding and misplaced alter of the car sooner than crashing into the truck.
LASTMA, in coordination with officers from the Federal Avenue Security Commission (FRSC), the Nigeria Police Power (Morogbo Division), and the Nigerian Military’s 244 Battalion (Ibereko Barracks), spoke back promptly to the scene and performed an emergency operation to rescue survivors and enhance our bodies.
Eight passengers, including the bus driver and his conductor, died on the scene. Eight others had been rescued with varied levels of shatter and had been transported to the Total Health facility in Badagry for urgent clinical therapy.
LASTMA Total Manager, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, visited the plight of the incident and expressed condolences to the households of the deceased. He emphasised the need for elevated caution amongst commercial drivers, seriously with admire to bustle limits and automobile maintenance.
“This tragic incident is a reminder that dawdle remains to be a still killer on our roads. These deaths had been avoidable if general safety ideas had been followed,” Bakare-Oki acknowledged.
He also appealed to drivers of every commercial and heavy-accountability autos to prioritize safety protocols and endure traditional automobile assessments. He reiterated the utter’s commitment to proactive traffic and emergency response measures, noting that LASTMA is evolving past passe traffic alter to a broader role in incident and catastrophe management.
“This transition aligns with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s THEMES Plus Agenda, which promotes safety, emergency preparedness, and infrastructural efficiency as central to the urban transport draw,” he acknowledged.
Mr. Bakare-Oki added that dawdle-limiting devices are being set up in at key flashpoints across the utter to relief minimize traffic fatalities.
He thanked the FRSC, the Nigeria Police, the Nigerian Military, and other companies for his or her cooperation and expeditiously response. He also counseled LASTMA personnel who had been first to come on the scene and led the preliminary rescue efforts.
The Agency urges all motorists and facet twin carriageway customers to tell restraint, stay vigilant, and adhere strictly to facet twin carriageway safety regulations.
