Passenger dies after commercial bus crashes in Lagos

A antheral rider has died aft a commercialized Volkswagen autobus crashed into a median rod astatine Ogunlana Junction, inward Ojuelegba, successful the Fallout country of Surulere, Lagos.

According to the connection by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, the fatal mishap progressive a commercialized Volkswagen autobus with registration fig LND 130 XR and occurred on the Ojuelegba axis, wherever the conveyance reportedly veered violently into the median pole.

LASTMA said preliminary information reports indicated that the operator of the autobus was allegedly nether the power of intoxicant and had been driving recklessly and dangerously soon earlier the crash.

Motorists approaching the conveyance from down reportedly exercised caution successful an effort to debar colliding with the erratically driven bus.

“In the ensuing pandemonium, a antheral passenger, seemingly attempting to flight from the uncontrolled moving vehicle, jumped retired of the autobus and sustained grievous injuries upon interaction with the ground. Tragically, the rider subsequently succumbed to the injuries sustained successful the incident,” LASTMA said.  

LASTMA unit carrying retired regular postulation surveillance on the Ojuelegba axis rapidly moved to the country aft sighting the crash.

The bureau said its officers instantly introduced exigency tr...