A trailer belonging to Dangote on Tuesday crashed into a BRT bus along along Ikorodu road in Lagos.
According to LASEMA, the bus driver is in a critical state and at least ten passengers were injured and have been taken taken to the hospital.
LASEMA in a statement said the evacuation process at the scene is still ongoing.
The statement reads: “On getting to the scene of incident, a dangote truck fully loaded with cement had a brake failure and had a head-on collision with a Primero blue Mass Transit bus with registration number LSR-228XS conveying 40 seated and 20 standing passengers.
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“All passengers on board suffered various degrees of injuries with one female passenger losing her life and the driver suffered severe life threatening injuries with his leg totally decapitated.
“The combined efforts of the Agency’s Assets (Medical Unit, Tiger unit,Papa Eagle and Cobra unit) are on ground working alongside LNSC, Nigeria Police, FRSC and LASTMA to ease vehicular movement and ensure a swift recovery of the accidented truck.
“Recovery operation ongoing”.
See photos from the scene underneath:
