Reports indicate that around 15 passengers were injured in a multiple-vehicle accident involving a BRT bus, a truck, and a commercial vehicle at Ketu, heading towards Ojota in Lagos State, Nigeria.

Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed the unfortunate incident in a statement on Friday.
He mentioned that the accident was reported via the state’s toll-free emergency numbers, 767 and 112.
Oke-Osanyintolu added that the LASEMA response team from the Command and Control Centre (C3) in Alausa responded swiftly.

“They arrived at the scene of the multiple collision, which involved three vehicles under the Ojota Interchange Bridge, at 11:40 a.m.
“Upon arrival, it was discovered that the accident involved a BRT bus, with registration number EXY-167XY, an articulated truck, with an unknown registration number and an 18-seater commercial bus, with registration number JJJ-439YG.
“The articulated truck was laden with a 40-feet container.
“Further investigations revealed that the articulated truck, while heading inward Ketu, suddenly lost control of motion,” he said.
“The BRT subsequently skidded off its lane into the service lane and collided with the yellow commercial bus.
“Fifteen people were injured. No critical injuries were sustained and fatalities were recorded.
“The BRT bus suffered significant damage to the front and rear ends, and the tractor head of the truck was also damaged,” he said.

The statement revealed that the injured victims were hospitalised after the agency’s pre-hospital care team attended to them.

“The articulated truck was recovered off the road and towed to LASTMA yard at Oshodi.
“The BRT bus was recovered off the road to the BRT yard in Ojota, while the yellow commercial bus was driven off by its owner,” he added.

The affected vehicles have also been cleared for easy movement of motorists.