Nothing less than three people were reportedly killed while 14 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a ghastly motor accident.
The accident involving a Mazda bus occurred at about 6.45 pm, at Adekunle axis of the Bridge the Third Mainland Bridge, inward Adeniji-Oshodi, Lagos.
The casualties were the bus driver and two other occupants occupying the front seats.
According to eyewitness accounts, the incident occurred when the bus driver plying Oshodi/Ajah route hit the Adekunle interchange demarcation and this led to the fatal incident.
According to an eye witness, who spoke to NigeriaCrime.com Obisessan Ayo, the accident obstructed the free flow of traffic at Ilubinrin, Adeniji-Adele and Adekunle such that many motorists were stranded.
There was a backlog of traffic as onlookers also besieged the scene thereby disrupting the free flow of traffic.
“There is a fatal accident at Adekunle inter-change inward Adeniji-Adele.
“Three people are lying lifeless by the roadside while 14 passengers were injured.
“onlookers from Adeniji Adele inward Iyana-Oworo are at the scene and this has generated serious gridlock in Ilubirim.
“Many of us are stranded at the moment, ” he said.
However, the Nigeria Police, Lagos Ambulance Services, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, were on ground carrying out rescue operations and controlling the traffic.
It was gathered that the emergency responders were waiting for State Environmental Health and Monitoring Unit, SHEMU, to evacuate the bodies.
In a related development, 11 persons were on Thursday confirmed dead in two separate accidents which occurred on the federal highway across the Ogun State corridors.
While one person died in one of the accidents that occurred around 11 p.m on Wednesday along the Abeokuta – Sango Ota express road, 10 others were burnt beyond recognition when a truck conveying Premium Motor Spirit (PMP), popularly referred to as petrol exploded along the ever busy Lagos – Ibadan expressway on Thursday morning.
The Public Education Officer for Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Florence Okpe, who confirmed the accident to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta, explained that an IVECO containerized truck with registration numbers LAR 654 YD involved in the first accident, fell on a Peugeot salon car at Itori axis of Ewekoro Local Government Area, killing one man out of the two occupants.