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20-Ft Container Falls on Bus in Lagos, Kills 2.

By Udeh Daniella

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Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said two persons died while three were injured when a 20-feet container fell on a commercial bus at Ilasamaja on the Oshodi-Badagry Expressway.
LASEMA Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the accident on Sunday in Lagos, said the dead bodies and injured persons had been taken to Isolo General Hospital by LASEMA Responder as he added that those who died had been identified as a male and a female.
When LASEMA Responder got to the scene,  it discovered that  a truck with registration number SGM 715 XA, loaded with a 20-ft container had collided with a commercial bus discharging passengers under the bridge at Ilasamaja at about 7p.m which led to the immediate death of two passengers.
He added that three other passengers, including the bus driver, were rescued with injuries and had been transferred to Isolo General Hospital by LASEMA’’s Responder while three passengers escaped unhurt.
”The dead and the injured had been transferred to Isolo General Hospital by LASEMA Responder”.
He said the Lagos State Transport Management Authority and the police were involved in controlling traffic in the area.

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