Published on July 22, 2016
The ill-fated bus
Some of the corpses
Eleven
people have been burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident that
occurred on Otedola Bridge, Berger area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria
Thursday evening.The dead include eight males and three females, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has confirmed.
General Manager, LASEMA, Michael Akindele said the accident occurred around 6:10pm on Thursday.
He said the 18-seater passenger Volkswagen commercial bus with Lagos colour lost its brake, somersaulted and caught fire.
“Eleven
persons, which include three females and eight males were burnt to
death. Three persons were rescued alive and taken to the accident and
emergency unit at the toll gate,” he confirmed.
Akindele said the bus was going to Berger before the accident occurred on Otedola Bridge.
The ill-fated bus
LASEMA’s
response team, Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Fire Service and
the Nigerian Police were involved in the rescue.Police Public
Relations Officer, PPRO, Dolapo Badmos also confirmed the tragedy. She
disclosed that the command’s operatives from Isheri-Berger Division
received a call that an 18-seater bus heading towards Berger from Mushin
was involved in a lone accident and caught fire.
Rescue officials removing dead bodies
“A
total number of 11 people comprising three women and eight men were
burnt to death instantly, while four others have been rushed to the
hospital. The vehicle which was on top speed, the police learnt, hit the
kerb, somersaulted three times and burst into flames.
Burnt bodies inside the ill-fated bus
“Investigation
revealed that the driver of the vehicle jumped out of the burning
vehicle and fled. Policemen and fire fighters were on ground to put out
the fire and clear the obstruction caused by the accident,” she added.
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