Lagos, April 10, 2024 – Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed that two passengers have drowned after they fell into the lagoon from a commercial bus on Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Wednesday.
Other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries from the incident.
The crash occurred on Eid-el-fitri when Muslims are celebrating the end of Ramadan.
The accident occurred around 11 a.m. on Wednesday when the brake of the vehicle failed.
LASEMA Director of Operations, Olatunde Akinsanya, said: “Today at 10 minutes after 11, we had a road accident very close to Adeniji Bypass.
“An LT commercial bus with 22 passengers had a break failure and it was on a high speed.
“In the process he ran himself to the barrier on the Third Mainland Bridge and of course two adults were plunged into the lagoon.
“So, the next phase of the operation is that haven recovered the wreckage and the victims taken to the nearby hospital for treatment, the next action the search rescue operations on the waterway and that is what we are collaborating with marine police, NEMA and others.” (GBN)
