The Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority (LASTMA) has reported two separate highway accidents in Lagos over the weekend, which left two individuals injured and three others rescued.
The primary crash occurred at Olohunsogo Bus Cease, inward Mile 2, when a Toyota Camry with registration quantity FST 450 HG rammed right into a stationary Scania truck marked LSR 243 YC. LASTMA officers on the scene pulled the Camry driver and a passenger from the wreckage. Each sustained severe accidents and had been taken to Ademola Hospital reverse Ijanikin Police Station for remedy.
In line with LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq, preliminary findings confirmed that the Camry driver was rushing and misplaced management earlier than hitting the truck. He stated operatives additionally handed over the truck driver to the police at Ijanikin Division, whereas the accidented automobiles had been cleared from the highway to ease site visitors.
In one other incident on the Stadium Resort axis of Ojuelegba, Surulere, a white business Mazda bus with registration quantity KRD 141 YH crashed right into a BRT lane median. The bus driver, discovered unconscious, was rescued alongside two passengers by LASTMA personnel and brought to a close-by hospital for emergency care.
One of many passengers, Mrs. Aina Kadri, stated the bus developed a brake failure whereas in movement, inflicting the driving force to lose management and hit the median.
LASTMA Common Supervisor, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, counseled the immediate response of his officers in collaboration with the police, saying their efforts helped cut back casualties and stop site visitors gridlock in each areas.
Bakare-Oki cautioned drivers in opposition to rushing and urged them to make sure common car upkeep. He stated extreme velocity and poor mechanical situation of automobiles had been main causes of avoidable highway accidents within the state.
