A government-owned BRT bus was involved in an accident involving two ‘danfo’ vehicles painted yellow and an unidentified commercial bus driver on Wednesday.
The BRT bus caught fire after the collision, which happened in the Ogudu region of Lagos State, paralysed vehicular flow and created snake-like gridlock along the constantly congested axis connecting the Lagos-Ibadan Motorway.
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Adebayo Taofiq, the spokesman for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), blamed the collision on the buses’ excessive speed in a phone conversation with Channels Television.
Adebayo Taofiq, the spokesman for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), attributed the accident to the buses’ excessive speed. He added that the rain made the axis much more congested, but LASTMA officers have been sent to the accident scene to control traffic.
“The accident involved a BRT bus and two commercial buses, One of the drivers of the commercial buses died on the spot. There are passengers with minor injuries,” he said.
