{"id":74676,"date":"2023-08-07T09:21:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T08:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=74676"},"modified":"2023-08-07T09:21:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T08:21:50","slug":"operatives-of-the-lagos-state-traffic-management-authority-lastma-today-monday-7th-august-2023-has-rescued-another-eight-accident-victims-at-anthony-inward-ojota-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/operatives-of-the-lagos-state-traffic-management-authority-lastma-today-monday-7th-august-2023-has-rescued-another-eight-accident-victims-at-anthony-inward-ojota-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"LASTMA Rescues 8 Accident Victims At Anthony Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today, Monday, 7th August, 2023, has rescued another eight accident victims at Anthony inward Ojota, Lagos<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, said that Popoola Olushola &#8216;Commander&#8217; (Kilo) led the rescue team disclosed that the accident involved a broken down truck with a fully loaded mass transit bus with registration No: KTU 850 YD.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74677 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230807-WA0029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230807-WA0029.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230807-WA0029-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230807-WA0029-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230807-WA0029-110x50.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230807-WA0029-420x189.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230807-WA0029-770x347.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>Lastma Popoola disclosed further that prelimnary investigation revealed that the driver of the fully loaded commercial mass transit bus was on a top speed and lost control due to brake failure after noticing a broken down truck ahead of him.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that Lastma Officials rescued eight injured accident victims, two males and six females.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Immediately after the accident happened, Lastma Officials with support from Police men from Anthony Police Command quickly intervened and rescued eight injured victims among those passengers inside the commercial mass transit bus&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Rescued victims were immediately rushed to nearby hospital for immediate medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>The General Manager Mr Bolaji Oreagba while sympathizing with injured accident victims, enjoined motoring public particularly commercial bus drivers to be extra careful and ensure that the road is clear ahead and behind before over-taking on expressway across the State.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today, Monday, 7th August, 2023, has rescued another eight accident victims at Anthony inward Ojota, Lagos<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":74678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1593,17],"tags":[2260],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-74676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-metro","category-news","tag-lastma"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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