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Eighteen-seater bus throws passengers into Lagoon after crashing

The impact of an 18-seater bus’ crash on Wednesday in Lagos threw two adults into the Lagos lagoon.

• April 10, 2024

The impact of an 18-seater bus’ crash on Wednesday in Lagos threw two adults into the Lagos lagoon.

Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos territorial coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said this in a statement in Lagos.

He said that personnel of the Marine Police were in search of the two adults, a male and female, who fell off the LT 18-seater bus.

Mr Farinloye said the crash involving the bus with registration number FKJ 872 YA occurred by the Adeniyi Adele axis inward Lagos Island, on the third mainland bridge.

He said that the driver of the vehicle, who was on speed, swerved off the road and hit the bridge railings.

He said that the impact forcefully pushed the two passengers off the bus into the Lagos lagoon.

“The victims, an adult male and female, are being searched by the Marine Police. The injured have been evacuated to a nearby hospital,” Mr Farinloye said. 

(NAN)

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