It is a black Sunday in the Ojuelegba area of Lagos as a container-laden truck fell on a commercial bus, killing eight out of the nine passengers aboard.
Pictorials from the scene obtained by Theliberationnews showed men of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) frantically trying to rescue the victims.
According to the agency, efforts were being made to rescue the victims.
“A container laden truck has fallen on a bus at Ojuelegba, inwards Fadeyi. The effort is currently being made towards rescue and evacuation,” the statement by the Permanent Secretary of the agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, read.
“Recovery of the fallen container is still ongoing, though it has been taken off on top of the minibus but is yet to be completely removed from the location, traffic is still on hold, and we have a backlog of traffic presently at Alaka.
“Kindly exercise patience or find an alternative if you are not trapped in the traffic,” he added
Theliberationnews gathered that only one out of nine passengers involved was rescued alive.
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