Photos: Bus was picking passengers at Ojuelegba when truck lost control – LASEMA

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said the commercial bus involved in the Ojuelegba truck accident in Lagos on Sunday, January 29, 2023, was picking passengers when the truck carrying a 20ft container lost control and fell on the bus.

The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement obtained by Neusroom, said the final casualty count from the accident is nine fatalities comprising four adult males, three adult females, one boy child and one girl child, while one adult female was rescued alive.

“Further investigations revealed that the bus was picking up passengers when the truck lost control and fell over the side of the bridge,” Oke-Osanyintolu said in the statement.

Neusroom could not immediately ascertain the identity of the casualties.

Here are photos from the scene of the Ojuelegba truck accident by LASEMA.