Two folks have died and two others sustained severe accidents in a road crash involving a business bus and a pickup van alongside the Adekunle hall, inward Iyana Oworo, in Lagos, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has mentioned.
The crash concerned a Suzuki business bus with registration quantity KTU 333 YF and a pickup van, based on a press release LASTMA posted on X on Sunday.
LASTMA mentioned its operatives responded to the scene, coordinated rescue efforts and secured the realm. The two injured victims, a person and a lady, had been taken to the General Hospital, Odan, for therapy, whereas the our bodies of the deceased had been handed over to the Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU), popularly referred to as SHEMU.
The company famous that its operatives handed over the autos and the Suzuki bus driver to officers of the Yaba Police Division, who maintained order till the rescue and restoration operations had been accomplished.
Between January and March, LASTMA recorded 69 deaths and 246 accidents in road crashes throughout Lagos, based on a report by Radio Nigeria Lagos. The company additionally attended to greater than 600 accident scenes in the course of the interval.
LASTMA General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, expressed condolences to the households of the deceased and wished the injured victims a speedy restoration.
He urged motorists to obey site visitors laws, observe velocity limits, preserve secure following distances and guarantee their autos had been roadworthy.
The company didn’t disclose the reason for the crash.
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