Tragedy struck at the University of
Lagos Waterfront end of the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State, on
Wednesday after a Mazda bus with number plate, AKD 292 XL, rammed into a
stationary truck.
No fewer than nine people, including the bus driver, reportedly died on the spot.
Three other passengers, who sustained serious injuries, were said to have been taken to the Gbagada General Hospital, Gbagada.
The driver of the truck reportedly fled the scene after seeing the enormity of the fatality.
PUNCH Metro learnt that an
angry mob, which besieged the scene, set fire to the truck and injured
an official of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency.
Firefighters from the Lagos State Fire
Service later put out the fire as the Lagos State Commissioner of
Police, Fatai Owoseni, appeased the youths.
A witness and bus driver, who identified
himself simply as Kunmi, said the incident happened around 10pm, adding
that nine persons died.http://www.punchng.com/nine-die-lagos-crash-mob-burns-truck/
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