Barely 24 hours after a fuel tanker exploded on Otedola Bridge, Ojodu-Berger, Lagos killing nine persons and burning 54 vehicles, another accident happened in the same vicinity involving two commercial vehicles Friday.
No fewer than 10 people sustained injuries. They have since been rushed to the hospital by emergency responders at the scene. Fortunately, no life was lost.
The commercial bus drivers, a yellow bus and a white Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) assisted mass transit bus, were said to be driving in opposite directions when the accident occurred.
Following Thursday’s fuel truck explosion, the emergency workers and traffic agencies had blocked a section of that road to enable them remove the 54 burnt vehicles and a tricycle. Read more