One person died and six others were injured in a road traffic accident early Sunday morning, March 8, at the Castle Bus Stop along the Oworonsoki-Apapa Expressway.
The deceased, an unidentified woman, was crushed by an articulated trailer after being ejected onto the roadway by a Volkswagen commercial bus (LSD 654 XY) involved in an earlier collision.
The bus reportedly veered off course and struck a roadside culvert, according to Adebayo Taofiq, spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).
“The impact forcefully ejected a female passenger onto the expressway, while six others sustained serious injuries, including multiple fractures.
Tragically, an oncoming articulated trailer could not avoid the passenger, resulting in her immediate death,” Taofiq said in a statement.
LASTMA operatives promptly coordinated traffic control and emergency response, temporarily cordoning off the expressway to evacuate the victims and clear the wreckage.
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Six injured passengers, including the bus driver, were taken to a nearby medical facility by the Lagos State Ambulance Service.
The driver of the trailer reportedly fled the scene. Security personnel from the Pedro Police Division assisted with the operation.
Olalekan Bakare-Oki, LASTMA General Manager, extended condolences to the family of the deceased and wished the injured a full recovery.
In a separate incident early Sunday, two people were injured in a collision involving two trucks at the Arepo Bridge area along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The crash, involving an empty American Cola truck and a Seaco truck, caused traffic gridlock before Federal Road Safety Corps officers cleared the highway.