BREAKING: Many injured as truck collides with commercial bus on Eko bridge
By Innocent Raphael
Many got injured in an accident involving a cement truck with brake failure and a commercial bus on the Eko bridge on Tuesday morning.
The truck transporting cement lost control and hit a bus transporting commuters on the other lane of Apongbon.
Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on its X handle on Tuesday, revealed that the truck carrying bags of cement lost control from the normal side (inward island) and got on the other lane (outward Island from Apongbon, near the NEPA Building.
According to LASTMA, the other commercial bus that was hit by the truck has been evacuated by its officials, who were on the ground to manage the situation.
“Officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) led by the GM, Mr Gbolahan Olalekan Oki are fully on the ground.
“Casualties have been taken to the hospital.
“Effort for evacuation is ongoing and officers are duly on the ground managing the situation,” the post read, alongside clips from the scene of the incident.
