CITIZENS COMPASS-–Seven persons have sustained varying degrees of injury when two vehicles suffered a head-on collision along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
The accident occurred on Friday night.
It involved a V-waggon commercial bus and a Toyota Camry.
The Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr William Manga, confirmed the accident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry.
Manga said that the accident occurred at about 11.10 p.m. at Sawmill Bus Stop, Ibereko area of the expressway.
“Our personnel were alerted about the accident at about 11:15 p.m. and got to the scene at 11:22 p.m., seven minutes after they were alerted.
“The accident involved two vehicles,” he said.
“Our personnel were alerted about the accident at about 11:15 p.m. and got to the scene at 11:22 p.m., seven minutes after they were alerted.
“The accident involved two vehicles.”
According to him a V-waggon commercial bus with licence number, AGL 867 YA, traveling from Badagry lost control while making a U-turn, leading to a head-on collision with a Toyota Camry car bus with number plate KRD 232 HD coming from Mile 2.
“24 persons were involved in the accident, with four men and three women sustaining varying degrees of injury,” he said.
The FRSC commander added that the injured persons were taken to Care General Hospital in Badagry for treatment.
Manga said that the accident was due to dangerous driving.
He said the two vehicles involved in the accident had been taken to Mowo Police Station in Badagry.
Manga advised drivers to avoid speeding and overloading and always adhere to traffic rules and regulations.
—NAN.
