One Dead, Others Injured As Trailer Collides With Bus, Cab In Lagos

A trailer with registration number KJA 138 XD had ram into a bus with registration number AAA 338 XY and the cab numbered FKJ 163 AW with one unidentified man dead and three others sustained injuries on Friday.

According to eye witnesses the trailer ram into the vehicles after it allegedly failed brake along the ever-busy Oshodi road in Lagos in the early hours of the day.

Emergency responders, led by the state Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), were notified of the incident this morning, it was learnt.

According to LASEMA, an adult male lost his life while two others sustained various injuries.

“The victim has been bagged and handed over to Police officers from Akinpelu Police Station, while the trailer and other vehicles were recovered from the road with the agency’s super metro and also handed over to the Police,” said the spokesman of LASEMA, Mr Nosa Okunbor.

In a related development, a truck laden with two 20ft container and a Toyota Corolla car was involved in an accident at Stadium Bridge inward Barack.

It was gathered that the truck had mechanical fault before losing control while at the same time moving at high speed.

“This caused the container to fall on the red Toyota Corolla, trapping the driver- an adult male who sustained a severe leg injury,” LASEMA DG/CEO, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said.

LASEMA said the trapped victim was quickly extricated and attended to by the agency’s paramedics at the scene alongside Lasambus before being moved to a nearby hospital for further treatment.

The victim, it was learnt, is a staff of Havana Hospital which is located in Surulere, Lagos but he is said to be responding to treatment