One person has been confirmed dead while six others sustained injuries in a road accident that occurred early Sunday at Castle Bus Stop along the Oworonsoki-Apapa Expressway in Lagos.
The victim, an unidentified woman, was reportedly run over by a truck after she was thrown onto the road from a commercial bus involved in a crash.
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, confirmed the incident in a statement.
“The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority efficiently coordinated traffic control and emergency response following a tragic road traffic accident that occurred over the weekend at New Castle Bus Stop inward Gbagada along the Oworonsoki-Apapa Expressway,” he said.
According to Taofiq, a Volkswagen commercial bus with registration number LSD 654 XY lost control and rammed into a roadside culvert.
“The impact forcefully ejected a female passenger onto the expressway, while six others sustained serious injuries, including multiple fractures. Tragically, an oncoming articulated trailer could not avoid the passenger on the roadway, resulting in her immediate death,” he added.
Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority immediately activated emergency traffic management measures and temporarily closed part of the expressway to enable the safe evacuation of victims and the removal of the damaged vehicle.
Six passengers in the bus, including the driver, were seriously injured, while the driver of the trailer allegedly fled the scene after the incident.
Security operatives from the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Pedro Police Division assisted in maintaining order and supporting the emergency response.
Personnel of the Lagos State Ambulance Service transported the injured victims, including the bus driver, to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, while officials from the Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit evacuated the body of the deceased from the scene.
“Following the successful evacuation, LASTMA operatives cleared the corridor and restored normal traffic flow,” Taofiq said.
The General Manager of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, expressed sympathy to the family of the deceased and prayed for strength for them during the difficult time.
He also wished the injured passengers a quick and full recovery.
Meanwhile, earlier on Sunday, it was reported that two people were injured in another accident involving two trucks at the Arepo Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The crash occurred around 4 a.m. and involved an empty American Cola truck and a Seaco truck.
The accident caused heavy traffic along the busy highway as officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps worked to remove the affected trucks from the road.
