Two people have been killed and two others injured in a road crash involving a commercial bus and a pickup van along the Adekunle corridor, inward Iyana Oworo, Lagos State.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq.
The crash involved a Suzuki commercial bus with registration number KTU 333 YF and a pickup van.
Taofiq said LASTMA operatives promptly arrived at the scene to rescue the injured victims, evacuate the bodies of the deceased and secure the area.
He explained that the bodies of the two deceased victims were handed over to the Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit, popularly known as SHEMU, while the injured victims were taken to the General Hospital, Odan, for urgent medical attention.
According to the statement, the vehicles involved in the crash and the driver of the Suzuki bus were subsequently handed over to officers of the Yaba Police Division.
The statement said the police provided security and maintained order at the scene until the rescue and recovery operations were completed.
The agency’s General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, sympathised with the families of the deceased and wished the injured victims a speedy recovery.
He urged motorists to exercise caution, obey traffic regulations and adhere to prescribed speed limits to prevent avoidable road crashes.
Bakare-Oki also stressed the need for responsible driving, concentration and vigilance to reduce road accidents and their devastating consequences.
A similar crash occurred on May 6 involving two Toyota Sienna vehicles with registration numbers LSR 809 GV and LSR 695 HM, leaving at least one person dead.