Eight passengers k!lled after commercial bus and truck collided in Badagry

Eight persons have d!ed after a 16-seater commercial Mazda bus and a DAF truck collided at Atura Bus Stop in Lagos state on Sunday, July 6. A statement from the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency LASTMA says tragic accident instantly claimed the lives of eight passengers, including the driver of the ill-fated bus and his conductor.LASTMA operatives, in concert with personnel from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the Nigeria Police Force (Morogbo Division), and the 244 Battalion of the Nigerian Army (Ibereko Barracks), swiftly launched a coordinated rescue operation at the accident scene.Their timely intervention led to the successful extraction of eight surviving passengers, all of whom sustained varying degrees of trauma.These casualties were immediately evacuated to the General Hospital in Badagry via an FRSC vehicle for critical medical attention''the statement readLASTMA added that a preliminary investigation revealed the driver of the commercial bus lost control while navigating at a perilous speed, resulting in a catastrophic collision with the DAF truck.  The post Eight passengers k!lled after commercial bus and truck collided in Badagry appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.