A Bus Rapid Transit vehicle has killed three people after it failed brake and rammed into a market fence at Alapere in the Ketu area of Lagos State.
According to reports, the driver of the vehicle, with number plate KSF-940XX, lost control and hit another commercial bus loading passengers around 7am on Wednesday.
Narrating what happened, an eyewitness who identified as Chukwuemeka Sunday, explained that the vehicle killed three people on the spot.
He also explained that so many others sustained different degrees of injuries but were rushed to the hospital.
Sunday said it crushed a woman who was coming from the market, an apprentice trying to cross the road and a wheelbarrow pusher.
The driver reportedly fled the scene immediately the incident occured.
It was gathered that another BRT vehicle with the number plate, GGE-405YF, driving towards a BRT lane, was also affected.
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Policemen from the Alapere and Ketu divisions, officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority were seen controlling the traffic.
Another eyewitness, Kelvin Olabode, lamented the condition of BRT vehicles in the area.
He said, “That BRT bus had a brake failure and rammed into people standing to board buses to Ikorodu. Three people died instantly and several others were injured. One of the deceased persons was crushed beyond recognition, with her brains splashed on the ground.
“Not all these BRT buses have brakes. They are used to dragging the road with smaller vehicles. Everyone is hustling like them. I saw the wheelbarrow pusher this morning hustling for his daily bread, but now he is gone.”
A witness, who did not mention her name for personal reasons, identified one of the deceased as her neighbor, Iya Bolu.
She noted that they were both coming from the market and she advised the victim to alight with her at Garage Bus-Stop, but she refused, saying she would find a bus faster at Ketu Bus-Stop.
“She then got a wheelbarrow to help her push her oranges and bananas to the bus stop, where she was hit by the bus. I have informed her husband,” she added.