Two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses on Tuesday, collided at Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos, resulting in many passengers sustaining injuries.
Gatekeepers News reports that the accident occurred within BRT lane on Lagos Abeokuta Express Way, around Danco Filling Station.
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) revealed this through a post on its official X account.
It added that the wounded persons had been rushed to a nearby medical facility for treatment.
Head of public affairs unit, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nosa Okunbor in another statement said investigations at the scene revealed that the BRT bus headed inward Iyana Ipaja in an attempt to avoid crushing a commercial motorcyclist with passengers plying the BRT corridor illegally, collided with an oncoming BRT bus.
Okunbor added that no lives were lost as a result of the incident.
He said, “However, passengers of both buses reportedly suffered various degrees of injuries and were all taken to the nearest hospital before the arrival of Agency’s Response Team.”
He added that two tow trucks were activated to evacuate the BRT buses off the road.
