One person has been confirmed dead while seven were injured after a commercial bus and a bus belonging to the Lagos Bus Service Limited (LBSL) collided at Ifako, inward Ogudu area of Lagos State on Wednesday.
In a press statement by the director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, he said the commercial bus was coming from Lagos Island and was heading to Ogudu when the accident occurred.
Taofiq, who attributed the accident to loss of control due to over-speeding, disclosed that preliminary investigation revealed that the commercial bus somersaulted twice before landing on its roof, thereby, killing the driver instantly.
He said, “Emergency responders including Traffic Police Officers had supported officials of LASTMA at the accident scene. However, on hearing about the death of the commercial driver whose body was lying beside the upturned commercial bus, hoodlums in the area set ablaze the bus belonging to the Lagos State Bus Service Limited.
“LASTMA has carried out series of enlightenment campaigns warning motorists particularly commercial bus drivers to stop over speeding and adhere strictly to speed limit signs erected by government across the State.”
The LASTMA spokesman stated that the general manager of agency, Bolaji Oreagba, however, warned members of the public, particularly street urchins, not to take laws into their hands at any accident scene, but to allow appropriate authorities do the needful.
