Again, accident kills 1 person in Lagos
A yet to be identified owner of a private car was on Thursday March 9, 2023 killed by a commercial bus driver while driving against traffic around Meiran area of Ifako-Ijaiye local government area of Lagos.
This came hours after some Lagos State civil servants lost their lives as their BRT bus collided with a moving train in Lagos.
Adebayo Taofiq, the director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), revealed that the driver of the Volkswagen commercial bus with registration number EPE 964XX collided with a private car (Honda Civic EPE 666 BC), which took the life of the the driver immediately.
He added that the accident happened around 9:30am and the driver had serious injury on his neck and died immediately in a pool of his blood.
His words, “LASTMA Officials who were first emergency responders handed over the corpse to his relatives who came out from the estate.
“Both vehicles were immediately removed from the road to pave way for free vehicular movement to other road users.
“While the driver of the Volkswagen commercial bus that took one-way ran away, vehicles were handed over to Police men from Meiran Police Station.
“The General Manager Mr Bolaji Oreagba however warned motorists (private/commercial) to desist from disobeying traffic laws particularly driving against traffic (one-way).
“According to the General Manager “driving against traffic (One-way) is awaiting dead trap on roads.”
The Informant247 earlier reported that a train collided with BRT bus carrying passengers in Ikeja, Lagos State, leading to the death of many people and injury of several others.
This occurred on Thursday, March 8, 2023 at Adekunle Fajuyi way in Ikeja.
The train which was coming from Agege collided with BRT with state civil servants on board, while it was trying to cross the rail linking Ikeja GRA.
The accident has caused traffic congestion on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway for drivers coming from Oshodi around Shogunle to Ikeja-Along.
