12 Passengers Rescued As Bus Falls Into Lagos Canal

• 12 rescued as bus falls into Lagos canal

• …The 12 ( 7 male and 5 female injured passengers have been rescued and taken to the hospital,” said LASEMA boss

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that twelve passengers on a commercial bus that had strayed off its lane and into a canal in Lagos were rescued on Sunday.

The event happened in the late afternoon at Cement on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

According to eyewitness accounts, the Varagon driver’s carelessness caused him to collide with a Toyota Camry vehicle with the license plate BDG 963 BT.

It was gathered that the unidentified bus later skidded into the canal leaving its 12 passengers with varying degrees of injuries before help could come.

However, no life was lost.

The incident was confirmed by the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the victims were 7 males and five females who were all rescued to the hospital.

He gave the details as follow, “Upon arrival at the scene, an accident involving a commercial bus (varagon) with unknown registration number and a Camry car with registration number BDG 963BT were encountered at the scene.

“Further information gathered at the scene revealed that the accident occurred as a result of reckless driving from the commercial bus driver which led to the falling off of the commercial bus into the canal.

“The 12 ( 7 male and 5 female injured passengers have been rescued and taken to the hospital,” said LASEMA boss.

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Osanyintolu said the car driver (an adult male) sustained minor injuries and was attended to at the scene by the paramedics team.

“The LRT team alongside, LRU paramedics and The Nigeria Police were responders at the scene.

“The Agency’s Hiab is being dispatched for the recovery of the commercial bus from the canal.”

He said operation was concluded as at 8.19pm

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