Tag Archives: Accident

It was a black Sunday morning as four female adults died at an autocrash involving a Toyota Hiace bus at the Third Mainland bridge.

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Another accident has been reported around Oyemekun bus stop on College Raod, Ogba Lagos, making it the third fatal accident almost on same spot in 13 days. Exactly two weeks after ago, a trailer rammed into a shop killing a trader around the ever-busy Oyemekun bus stop  and nine hours after, a car also crashed about 20 metres away, leaving …

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There was pandemonium Monday afternoon when a truck lost control and rammed into shops around Oyemekun axis of College Road, Ogba, Lagos State, killing a trader and injuring one other. The victim, a soft drink seller was identified as Iya Ibeji. According to her neighbours, she was holding her little child in her shop when the vehicle lost control and …

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An accident Wednesday morning on Third Mainland bridge, Lagos has left some commuters badly injured.

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By Folake Sokoya A five-year-old boy and three others were said to have died in an auto crash which occurred Wednesday morning on Kara bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Advertisement The mother of the five-year-old boy also had her left leg trapped under the 20-feet container which fell off the Mack truck conveying it. The truck’s trunk had detached and fallen …

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Many people died, on Thursday morning, at the Abbatoir area of Agege, in the outskirts of Lagos State when a train derailed. Several person were seriously injured while many vehicles and other property worth several millions were destroyed. Lagos State police spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, who confirmed the incident said  that the train also rammed into a trailer, injuring many and …

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Prompt intervention of men of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) averted what could have been a disaster this morning when a fully loaded commercial bus crashed into an electric pole and parts of the fence of Light Hospital on Folarin Street, Alimosho area of Lagos after its brake failed on motion. The commercial bus according to its driver …

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Ten passengers have been killed in an accident around Shagamu, Ogun State Friday morning, Rhythms 93.7FM has announced in its 12noon news bulletin. The unfortunate event occurred when a truck conveying granite swerved and fell on the bus in which the victims were traveling. According to eye witness reports, the commercial bus stopped to enable a passenger, a student of …

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Tragedy struck in the early hours of Friday in Lagos, when a Luxury Bus with registration number Anambra GDD 386 YE, belonging to GUO Transport Service Co. Ltd., enroute Maza Maza from Aba, Abia State, skidded off its track on top speed and plunged into the Canal at Owode Elede, near Mile 12, Ikorodu Road. Quoting the Public Affairs Officer …

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If not for providence, a multiple accident at Station bus stop along Iju Water Works road, Ifako Ijaiye Local Government area of Lagos State would have been more fatal. The accident which occurred this evening at exactly 8:20pm involved a Red BRT bus approaching Fagba traffic light, a yellow tricycle and a black jeep which had hit the tricycle before …

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