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“Investigation gathered revealed that the immediate cause of the incident was reckless driving on part of the BRT bus driver while trying to beat the train road signal before the moving train rammed into the BRT bus”
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MARCH 9, 2023
Following speculations that a BRT Bus was involved in a collision with a train at PWD Bus stop along Ikeja Oshodi road, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA has come out with a detailed report on the incident.
The report signed by Dr. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, PS LASEMA is as follows:
On arrival of the agency’s response team at the scene of the incident, it was discovered that a Viale BRT bus with an unknown registration number and a train was involved in an accident at the above-mentioned location.
Investigation gathered revealed that the immediate cause of the incident was reckless driving on part of the BRT bus driver while trying to beat the train road signal before the moving train rammed into the BRT bus.
Unfortunately, Three (3) adults ( two females and one male) were confirmed dead and 84 people are seriously injured.
The injured victims have been administered first aid treatment by the agency’s medical team (paramedics) and LASAMBUS officials and were well stabilized before being transported to Ikeja General Hospital and trauma center for further treatment.
The agency pre-hospital care unit, LASAMBUS officials, Nigeria Police Force, LASTMA, LNSC, and Nigerian Army are responders present at the scene of the incident.
Operation ongoing
Updates to follow
Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu (PS LASEMA)
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