2 die, many injured in Lagos road crashes
Two persons have been confirmed dead while many others sustained severe injuries in a separate accident on Alfred Rewane Road by Marriage Registry intersection and around Isheri, Igando area of Lagos.
The Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA) Zonal Head at Isheri, Mr Afolalu Gbenga, who confirmed the accident in the area, disclosed that two people (a pedestrian and passenger) died instantly in the crash that involved a PSP truck and a Honda Civic car (black APP 79 HF).
The two dead victims were said to have been handed over to medical personnel present at the scene of the accident by LASTMA officials.
Adebayo Taofiq, the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA stated these in a statement on Tuesday.
He said, “Investigations revealed that a Honda Civic car lost control from the other end of the road as a result of serious over speeding and ran into a stationed PSP truck packing refuse by the road side at Isheri.
“The affected vehicles were removed from the road by LASTMA officials in order not to cause serious impediment to free flow of traffic to motorists.”
In the crash on Alfred Rewane Road, two victims with severe injuries and many others were rushed to a hospital around Lagos Island for treatment by LASTMA officers around Ikoyi area of the state.
The accident, according to the LASTMA head of enforcement team in Ikoyi, Bravo Age Lukman, involved a Lawma truck and a fully loaded commercial bus.
“Immediate investigation revealed that the fully loaded LT commercial bus developed a brake failure and ran into a moving Lawma truck close to an intersection with high speed.
“Bravo Lukuman disclosed further that while the driver of the LT commercial bus sustained serious internal injury on his back, his ‘motor boy’ had his right leg bone broken (fracture),” Taofiq added.
(Daily Trust)
