Five people, including two children, have been confirmed dead and 13 others injured in a ghastly accident involving a Hilux Pick up, a Lagbus and a Rover Jeep on the Third Mainland Bridge, Sunday 14th August.
The accident we learnt happened at the UNILAG Waterfront end of the bridge inwards Iyana Oworo and was caused by the Hilux Pick up after its tyre got burst while driving at top speed then somersaulting a couple of times before crashing into other vehicles.
A resident, Babajide Kabiawu, said there was an influx of emergency response teams at the scene of the accident.
“Fire service trucks and ambulances were seen going to the scene to remove the corpses and clear the wreckage. Commercial vehicles are turning back from the bridge,” he said.
The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Michael Akindele, confirmed the crash, adding that two children were among the victims.
He said, “The accident occurred around 6.10 pm on the Third Mainland Bridge inward Iyana Oworo, by UNILAG Waterfront. It involved three vehicles, a LAGBUS, a Hilux truck belonging to a local vigilante group, and a Rover Jeep.
“Five persons were confirmed dead, among which were three female adults and two children (one female and one male). Five persons were also injured and taken by LASAMBUS to the Trauma Centre.
“The LASEMA response team towed away the vehicles from the bridge, while the dead bodies have been taken by the State Emergency Health Monitoring Unit to the Mainland Hospital mortuary.”
Akindele said proper investigation would be carried out to ascertain the cause of the accident, urging motorists to avoid speeding and adhere to traffic rules and regulations.
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