Mobolaji Michael
NO fewer than fourteen passengers, including a four-month-old baby, died on Sunday morning in an auto acc#dent along Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Lagos.
Mr Williams Manga, Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, disclosed this to the new hounds in Badagry on Sunday. It is reported that most occupants of the bus were party-goers.
Manga said that nine other people sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident, which occurred at the Agemowo axis of the road, around 7.31 am. He said a commercial bus (Mazda) with registration number MUS 411 XU carrying 19 passengers and coming from Lagos, was involved in a collision with a granite truck with registration number AKM 926YQ coming from Badagry.
“The acc#dent occurred around 7.31 am when it was raining heavily along Lagos-Badagry Expressway.“
It was gathered that the accident might have been caused by over-speeding which might have resulted in a brake failure which caused the bus to crash into the stationary trailer.
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