Ayodele Olalere
Three persons were on Thursday crushed to death by a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus in Alakija, Lagos. The incident occurred at.5:40pm.
The BRT Mercedes Benz bus with registration number BRI 043 was driven by one Olubor Oluwasegun.
The victims were riding on two commercial motorcycles when they had a head-on collision with the BRT vehicle heading to Okokomaiko Mile 2.
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They were reported to be on their way home after a football match at Navy Town, Ojo before the incident occurred. Youths reportedly attempted to set the BRT vehicle ablaze but for the intervention of policemen from FESTAC police station, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Gboyega Balogun who salvaged the situation by rescuing the BRT driver and the bus took them to their station.
It is recalled the state government had banned riding of motorcycles on the BRT lane from Okokomaiko to Mile 2 with the commencement of BRT bus operations on the route.
Confirming the incident, Lagos Police PRO, Benjamin Hundeyin said the Okada rider was riding against traffic with two passengers identified as Waidi Kadiri Momoh, 23, and Enegide Azuka, 20.
” It also involved one other identified as Divine Omosowo. As a result of the accident, four persons sustained injuries. Three died on the spot while Omosowo was rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention. Two corpses were deposited at the Mainland General Hospital mortuary, Yaba,” he said.
