Barely 48 hours after 10 people died in a road crash in Ogun State, at least eight people have lost their lives in another road crash that occurred at the Atura Bus Stop in the Badagry area of Lagos State on Sunday.
This is just as eight other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries after a commercial bus rammed into a truck.
According to PUNCH release from a statement by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, that the accident involved a 16-seater commercial Mazda bus with number plate KJA 811 YF, and a DAF truck, marked T1 4636 LA.
He stated, “The tragic accident instantly claimed the lives of eight passengers, including the driver of the ill-fated bus and his conductor, casting a somber pall over the Badagry axis and leaving the community in profound mourning and collective grief.”
Wreckage of the accident. Credit: LASTMA
