Four dead, Four injured as truck collides with ‘Korope’ bus in Ajah

Four persons have died after a truck crashed into a commercial bus on the Lekki–Epe Expressway in the Ajah area of Lagos State.

Four others sustained injuries in the weekend collision, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said on Sunday in a statement issued by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Public Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq.

According to the agency, the crash involved a truck with registration number KNN 313 YL and a fully loaded Suzuki commercial minibus popularly known as “Korope.”

Taofiq explained that the impact of the collision resulted in the immediate death of four male passengers, while four other occupants—two men and two women—sustained severe fractures after becoming trapped in the wreckage of the bus.

He said the critically injured victims were rescued and immediately taken to Hospital for urgent medical treatment, while the bodies of the deceased were evacuated and deposited at the Shency Hospital morgue by an emergency ambulance belonging to the Federal Road Safety Corps.

Preliminary reports indicated that the driver of the articulated truck lost control of the vehicle while in motion, causing it to veer across the carriageway and ram into the oncoming commercial bus carrying passengers along the busy road.

Officials of LASTMA who arrived at the scene promptly rescued the trapped victims with the assistance of other emergency responders and passersby.

Security operatives from the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Elemoro Police Division maintained order at the scene and ensured the safety of rescue personnel and other road users during the rescue operation.

Meanwhile, the driver of the truck and his assistant reportedly fled the scene shortly after the crash.