Tragic: How Trailer Crushed Oshodi Bound Passenger Buses

Seven people are feared to have lost their lives
following a road accident at the Ikeja- Along bus
stop in Lagos on Friday, June 26.
Our correspondent gathered that a trailer conveying
cars experienced a brake failure along the Oshodi-
Agege Road and crashed into several buses
conveying passengers to the Oshodi area of the
state.

An eyewitness who simply identified himself as Abbey
said: “ I was heading from Computer Village at Ikeja
about 1.00pm when a trailer conveying cars heading
from the Iyana-Ipaja area lost control because it
had brake failure and it rammed into commercial
buses in its way.
“Several buses with passengers inside were affected
and badly wounded .I saw a woman writhing in pains
; there was blood all over her body and her right
hand was broken. A young man could not move his
body and all efforts to revive him was not yielding
any positive results at the time I left the scene of the
accident.
“I saw several other passengers lying down writhing
in pains. Some sympathizers said they have taken
seven dead bodies to the hospital but I did not see
any corpse. I did not see any ambulance or
emergency workers at the time I left the scene. It
was a ghastly accident and unfortunate.”
When our correspondent visited the scene of the
accident, there was traffic gridlock as the trailer and
other affected vehicles were still on the road.
Several traffic officers were also seen walking to the
scene of the accident while impatient drivers were
desperately seeking alternative routes to get out of
the traffic.

Our correspondent contacted the Lagos state police
spokesperson Kenneth Nwosu but he was yet to reply
to a text message sent to his phone at the time of
filing this report.
In another development dozens of undergraduates of
the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) Ago – Iwoye,
have reportedly lost their lives after a container fell
on a passenger bus they were travelling in on Friday,
June 26.