Six individuals have been killed and dozens injured when a prepare crashed right into a passenger bus in Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, mentioned the emergency response company.
The bus was taking authorities workers to work when it collided with the intra-city prepare within the Ikeja space of Lagos, mentioned Ibrahim Farinloye, head of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency within the state.
“So far, 84 individuals have been rescued alive and brought to the hospital … (and) the full deaths thus far is six together with those that died on the hospital,” mentioned Farinloye. All of the injured individuals have been from the bus, nobody on the prepare was harm, he mentioned.
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Train and truck accidents are frequent in lots of Nigerian cities the place site visitors rules are often not adhered to, say native residents. They are a major problem in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest metropolis and business hub, regardless of robust penalties launched by authorities in recent times to attempt to curb the crashes.
A prepare in Nigeria crashed right into a bus killing six individuals and injuring dozens of others. (Fox News)
The bus driver concerned in Thursday’s crash disobeyed the site visitors sign, mentioned Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, secretary with the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency. According to Oke-Osanyintolu, the rapid reason behind the incident was the bus driver’s reckless driving through which he tried to beat the prepare site visitors sign earlier than the prepare hit him.
Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, mentioned he was deeply saddened by the information and known as for blood donations. “Let’s say a prayer for the households and a prayer of mercy and safety for our state,” he tweeted.
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