6 die, 24 survive, in Lagos auto crashes

Six people were reportedly killed while twenty three others injured in
two separate auto crashes in Lagos, Wednesday night and Thursday
respectively.
Five persons were confirmed dead when their vehicle rammed into a
stationery truck, late Wednesday, night, at Third Mainland Bridge,
inward Oworonshoki area of the state, while one person died yesterday
in the accident involving a Volkswagen commercial bus with 18
passengers on board which somersaulted on its way to Mile 12 from
Lagos Island at Alapere inward toll-gate.
General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA,
Mr. Micheal Akindele, who confirmed the incidents, said six victims in
the Third Mainland Bridge accident, survived with injuries.
According to an eyewitness, the accident occurred when a Mazda
commercial bus with number plates , AKD 292 XL, coming from Aja Lekki,
en route Oshodi, rammed into a broken down MAN truck at about 10.24 PM
on Wednesday, at Third Mainland Bridge inward Oworonshoki area.
Akindele explained that further, "Investigation conducted by the
Agency's Emergency Response Team, ERT, at the incident scene, revealed
that the commercial bus rammed into the broken down truck while on
excessive speeding.
"In the process, five victims (male adults) were trapped and the
vehicle extricated by the ERT, their bodies recovered dead, while six
other victims male adults were rescued alive with severe injuries and
were taken to Accident and Emergency Centre (Trauma Centre) and
Gbagada General Hospital by Lagos State Ambulance Service, LASAMBUS."
The remains of the deceased, according to him, were also evacuated by
Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit, SEHMU, to Mainland
Hospital Mortuary, while the remains of the commercial bus driver was
released to his family as requested through intervention of the Lagos
State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who was present at the
scene of the accident.