BREAKING: Four Rescued As Truck Ram Into Buses on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway

Four persons on Monday were saved in a multiple auto crash along Otedola Bridge, inward Berger, on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

Reports has it that the victims, three males and a female were said to be badly injured as one suffered a severed limb.

The accident which occurred in the night involved an empty tanker with number plate XD 333 RBC and two commercial buses with number plates FXT 356 XV and KTU 178 XH respectively.

Eyewitnesses, narrated that, all the vehicles were headed towards the same direction when suddenly the tanker veered off its lane and rammed into both buses leaving four of the occupants critically injured before they were rescued by emergency responders.

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The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) , Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident said the victims were stabilised by the Paramedics Unit of the Agency before being transferred to the Lagos State Trauma Center for further medical treatment.

As at the time of filing this report, efforts were ongoing to recover the accident vehicles and tow them off the road to allow free flow of movement in the axis.

The DG said traffic easing measures were in place while the Super Metro equipment has been activated to the scene.

(Vanguard)

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