It was gathered that the truck marked Mus 420 XC, which had given some students lift, crashed after a brake failure.Four students of the Ikeja Junior High School yesterday narrowly escaped death by a whisker after a truck carrying them crashed on ACME Road, Ogba, Lagos State.
The truck rammed into a Siena bus with registration number AGL437BJ parked by the roadside before it fell on its side.
Witnesses said the four students, all boys, were lucky to have escaped with injuries. The accident happened just as the Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, was driving past with his entourage. Oyeyemi jumped down from his car and rushed to the wounded students. The corps marshal rushed the students in his car to County Hospital at Ogba.
A witness, who refused to give his name, said that the Mercedes Benzes truck, carrying crates of beer, was on top speed when the driver suddenly lost control.
He said: “The driver was shouting break failure! Break failure! The driver eventually crashed into a Siena Toyota car parked by the roadside. The FRSC entourage took the victims to County Hospital Ogba, for proper medical attention.
“If not for God’s intervention, the students would have died on the spot. Immediately the accident occurred, people were scared and could not rescue the victims.” The Lagos State Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Hyginus Omeje, said: “We were on the entourage of the Corps Marshal, who is on a familiarisation tour of media houses when we suddenly stumbled on the accident.
“As part of our primary assignment is to save lives, we stopped by and rescued the victims. I personally took the victim to County Hospital for medical attention, while our men were also on ground to control the traffic with the support of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).” Omeje urged drivers to always be mindful of other road users.http://newtelegraphonline.com/students-escape-death-in-lagos-auto-crash/
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