Six individuals have been killed and dozens injured when a prepare crashed right into a passenger bus in Lagos, Nigeria
ByCHINEDU ASADU Related Press
ABUJA, Nigeria — Six individuals have been killed and dozens injured when a prepare crashed right into a passenger bus in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday, stated the emergency response company.
The bus was taking authorities workers to work when it collided with the intra-city prepare within the Ikeja space of Lagos, stated Ibrahim Farinloye, head of Nigeria’s Nationwide Emergency Administration Company within the state.
“Up to now, 84 individuals have been rescued alive and brought to the hospital … (and) the entire deaths to date is six together with those that died on the hospital,” stated Farinloye. All the injured individuals have been from the bus, nobody on the prepare was damage, he stated.
Practice and truck accidents are frequent in lots of Nigerian cities the place site visitors rules are often not adhered to, say native residents. They’re a major problem in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest metropolis and industrial hub, regardless of powerful penalties launched by authorities lately to attempt to curb the crashes.
The bus driver concerned in Thursday’s crash disobeyed the site visitors sign, stated Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, secretary with the Lagos State Emergency Administration Company. In keeping with Oke-Osanyintolu, the quick reason for the incident was the bus driver’s reckless driving wherein he tried to beat the prepare site visitors sign earlier than the prepare hit him.
Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, stated he was deeply saddened by the information and known as for blood donations. “Let’s say a prayer for the households and a prayer of mercy and safety for our state,” he tweeted.
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Related Press journalist Dan Ikpoyi in Lagos, Nigeria contributed.