Mobolaji Michael
THE driver of a commercial bus (popularly known as danfo) reportedly lost his life after his bus collided with a Lagos State-owned Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) bus yesterday at Ifako, inwards Ogudu Bridge in Oworosoki area of Lagos State.
The commercial bus driver reportedly died at the scene while many passengers were injured. The bus reportedly somersaulted many times as a result of the impact of the collision with the BRT bus.
Subsequently, an angry mob was said to have set the BRT bus ablaze.
Confirming the accident, the Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, Adebayo Taofik, blamed the collision on the buses’ excessive speed.
He added that the BRT bus caught fire thereby aggravating the congestion along the axis, and the rain compounded the gridlock.
LASTMA officials were later deployed to the accident scene to manage the traffic.
Eighteen-Eleven Media