LAGBUS Crashes Into Four Cars On Lagos Island

A LAGBUS, with registration number, Lagos XU998-
AAA, at about 2:15pm on Wednesday, crashed into
four stationary vehicles parked under the Carter
Bridge, at Ebute-Ero area of the state.
Eyewitnesses said the bus, which was carrying
passengers, was heading towards Leventis, on Lagos
Island.
The brakes of the bus, said to be on top speed, failed
and skidded off the road, dragging a pedestrian,
identified as Francis, under a parked car by the side of
the road. The bus then crashed into four other cars as
the driver tried to regain control of it.
LAGBUS, with registration number, Lagos XU998-AAA,
at about 2:15pm on Wednesday, crashed into four
stationary vehicles parked under the Carter Bridge, at
Ebute-Ero area of the state.
Eyewitnesses said the bus, which was carrying
passengers, was heading towards Leventis, on Lagos
Island.
The brakes of the bus, said to be on top speed, failed
and skidded off the road, dragging a pedestrian,
identified as Francis, under a parked car by the side of
the road. The bus then crashed into four other cars as
the driver tried to regain control of it.
An eyewitness who identified himself as Samson
Momoh, said, “We were standing by our car at the
Carter bridge when a LAGBUS lost control and skidded
off the road. The driver tried to control the bus but it
ramp into a pavement and hit a businessman, Francis,
walking on the roadside. Francis was walking towards
his car parked under the bridge when the bus hit him
and threw him under a car parked under the Carter
Bridge. There was commotion and the passengers in
the bus screamed to escape but the bus ran into three
other vehicles before it came into a halt”.
Telegraph was informed that the driver fled when he
saw the damage he had caused.
The vehicles damaged include a Volvo 740, which was
crushed beyond repair, two Sienna LE cars and a
Hyundai bus.
The owner of the Volvo car, Saka Owoyale, a father of
eight, said he was shocked to see the car he drove
this morning crushed.
“I have been driving this car for the past four years
and I always park my car under the bridge but I was
shocked when I was called that a LAGBUS has
destroyed my car. I ran to see the damage but it was
beyond repair. I will report the incident at the Ebute-
Ero police station and I will ensure that the LAGBUS
management buy another car for me,” he said.
Olasunkanmi Babalola, who was also affected, said
the LAGBUS ran into his DMT mobile toilets and
destroyed two of them.
“I am happy that the bus did not kill my customer who
was easing himself in one of my four toilets. The bus
destroyed two of the toilets. Each toilet costs me
about N95,000 when I bought it in 2009. I will need
them to be replaced,” he said.
Telegraph was informed that Francis, was rushed to
the Island General hospital and he is in critical
condition.
Police officers from the Ebute Ero police station, have
towed the bus away from the scene to prevent
miscreants from setting it ablaze.
An eyewitness who identified himself as Samson
Momoh, said, “We were standing by our car at the
Carter bridge when a LAGBUS lost control and skidded
off the road. The driver tried to control the bus but it
ramp into a pavement and hit a businessman, Francis,
walking on the roadside. Francis was walking towards
his car parked under the bridge when the bus hit him
and threw him under a car parked under the Carter
Bridge. There was commotion and the passengers in
the bus screamed to escape but the bus ran into three
other vehicles before it came into a halt”...