JUST IN: ‘Many’ injured as Dangote truck collides with BRT bus in Lagos
At least 10 persons have been injured after a Dangote truck rammed into a BRT bus in Ikorodu area of Lagos state.
The incident occured at about 10am on Tuesday.
A witness said the BRT bus was coming from Ikorodu garage with passengers when the truck lost its brakes and crashed into the vehicle on the other side of the road .
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Lagos State Traffic Managememt Authority (LASTMA) tweeted about the incident on its handle.
“A fatal accident involving a loaded trailer going into Ikorodu that skidded off the main carriageway to collide with a high capacity bus on the BRT corridor,” the tweet read.
LASTMA said evacuation process has started as victims of the accident have been rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.
[10.08am] #Ikorodu #lastmareports
A fatal accident involving a loaded trailer going inw Ikorodu that skidded off the main carriageway to collide with a high capacity bus on the BRT corridor. @TrafficChiefNG @Gidi_Traffic @trafficbutter @lagostelevision @lagostraffic961 pic.twitter.com/feUxQsvqGR— LASTMA (@followlastma) August 27, 2019
[10.28am]
The evacuation process has started. Traffic backlog has extended to Oja b/stop for those coming from Ikorodu. The backlog is at Asolo for those going into Ikorodu.@TrafficChiefNG @Gidi_Traffic @trafficbutter @lagostelevision @lagostraffic961 pic.twitter.com/NnRlaBBqG5— LASTMA (@followlastma) August 27, 2019
[12.01pm]
The removal of the trailer is in progress. Traffic is still busy from Ogolonto due to onlookers while it is now calm on the RJ inw Ikorodu.
Please be patient.@TrafficChiefNG @Gidi_Traffic @trafficbutter @lagostelevision @lagostraffic961 pic.twitter.com/NX1YvzIZQ5— LASTMA (@followlastma) August 27, 2019
