Sunday: Tears flow as no fewer than 14 persons d#e in an acc#dent along Lagos-Badagry expressway

No fewer than 14 people, including a four-month-old baby, di£d on Sunday morning in an auto acc#dentalong Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Lagos.

Mr Williams Manga, Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry on Sunday. It is reported that most occupants of the bus were partygoers.

Manga said that nine other people sustained inj¥ries in the acc#dent, which occurred at the Agemowo axis of the road, around 7.31am. 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 7.31am when it was raining heavily along Lagos-Badagry Expressway. My men got to the scene of the acc#dent at about 7.41am and took the inj¥red to the General Hospital Badagry, while the d£ad were deposited at the mortuary of the hospital.

Out of the 14 casualties, eight of them are male passengers, five female and one four-month-old female child. The acc#demt was caused by overspeeding by the two vehicles while it was raining heavily,” he said.

The commander added that the driver of the truck was not affected.

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