An awful mishap happened today (Monday, 12th June, 2017, along LASU-Iyana Iba road.
The horrible incident included a bus which belonged to the Lagos branch of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and a van belonging to the Lagos Waste Management Agency (LAWMA).
According to source who brief worldtopnewsng.com on the incident said the students were said to be en route to a program organized by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode to mark the 24th anniversary of June 12.
At the point when Union of Campus Journalists (UCJ) University of Ibadan (UI) reporter got to the scene of the mishap at Iyana School bus-stop along the LASU-Iyana Iba road, officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) as well as Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) were on ground to safeguard the victims of the mishap and to control movement of vehicles on the highway.
Describing what happened, one of the executives who was additionally in the bus but escaped unhurt said they halted over at a filling station to fill their tank and on turning out to the road, the driver yelled ‘brake’ to demonstrate that the vehicle’s brake has fizzled.
He narrated further that the driver attempted to keep away from a motorcycle which had a lady with her child as passengers yet before they knew it, as the driver attempted to bring the bus to an end by changing the gear, the driver of the LAWMA van was reversing and that was how the ran into the van.
The posterior part of the bus was completely damaged with blood stains on the seats.
Those that were seriously harmed were rushed to a general hospital by officials of LASEMA while those with minor wounds were likewise taken to a close-by hospital.
Executive of the Lagos chapter of NANS who was one of the victims however sustained minor injury as he was seen leaping when he was walking about to put things in order.
According to report reaching
worldtopnewsng.com, he at first told other exco members to prevent LASEMA officers from towing the bus to their head office. In any case, when he was informed that the case wouldn’t be sought after to a coherent end if just the LAWMA van was towed, he permitted them.
The Lagos State University Students’ Union bus later went to the scene of the incident with the executives of the union and other students of the school.
Another luxurious bus which belong to the students’ union was seen loaded with students and heading towards the general hospital where the fatally injured students were taken to.
A student who didn’t want his name mentioned told
worldtopnewsng.com that no life was lost but some of his colleague are in serious pain at the various hospital they were admitted.
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