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Reports reaching lagoscityreporters.com say some passengers on the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, have been feared dead following an accident that involved the bus and a Train on Thursday, March 9th, 2023.
We gathered from eye witness accounts that the accident happened along the PWD axis on the Agege motor road, that two persons have been confirmed dead and many casualties recorded.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) spokesman, Adebayo Taofiq confirmed the sad incident in a telephone chat with our correspondent.
Also, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency in Lagos, Ibrahim Farinloye said, “Two adult females staff of the State Government dead and several injured evacuated.”
“The State Government staff bus was trying to cross the PWD/Sogunle rail crossing while the train coming into Lagos from Abeokuta trapped the bus on its rail,” he added.
Details later…
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