The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA said It received distress calls via the State’s Toll Free Emergency number 112 regarding a multiple road traffic accident at Ketu Inward Ojota.
The Agency’s LRT from the Command and Control Centre, C3, Alausa arrived at the scene of the multiple collision which involved three vehicles under the Ojota inter – change bridge
In a report signed by Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary- LASEMA and made available to Heapnews, it was discovered that a BRT bus, registration number EXY-167XY, an articulated truck, registration number unknown, laden with a 40ft container and an 18-seater commercial bus, registration number JJJ-439YG were involved in a collision.
Investigations revealed that the articulated truck, while heading inward Ketu, suddenly lost control in motion, skidded off its lane, and collided with a BRT bus headed inward Ojota from the opposite direction, the BRT subsequently skidded off its lane into the service lane and collided with the yellow commercial bus.
“The BRT bus suffered significant damage to the front and rear ends. The tractor head of the truck was also damaged, 15 people were injured but no critical injuries were sustained and no fatalities were recorded”, Dr Oke-Osanyintolu noted in the report.
The LASEMA Boss added that “the injured victims were transported to nearby hospitals for treatment, while four of the victims were attended to by the Agency’s Pre-Hospital Care Team alongside LASAMBUS at the incident scene”.
“The Agency’s LRT, in collaboration with LASTMA officials at the incident scene, activated road traffic control and were able to divert vehicles into the BRT lane to safely evacuate the vehicles off the road”.
“After implementing all necessary safety precautions to forestall secondary incidents, the articulated truck was recovered off the road and towed to LASTMA yard at Oshodi, the BRT bus was recovered off the road to the BRT yard at Ojota, while the yellow commercial bus was driven off by its owner”, He added.
The Emergency responders at the scene of the incident include LASEMA Response Team, LASAMBUS, Lagos Bus Rapid Transit, LASTMA, and the Nigerian Police Force.