Nine persons including two children were on Sunday confirmed dead after a containerised truck fell on a commercial bus in Lagos.
The accident occurred at the Ojuelegba area of the state on Sunday afternoon.
It was gathered that the commercial bus was loading passengers under the bridge when the truck carrying a 20ft container suddenly fell on it.
Witnesses claimed that the bus was loaded to capacity, adding that an unspecified amount of passengers sustained varying injuries.
Confirming the incident, the Permanent Secretary (PS) Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, said those killed including four men, three women and two children.
He said a woman was rescued alive, adding that preliminary investigation revealed that the truck lost control and fell on the side of the bridge.
-The Nation
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