Passengers escape death as LAGBUS crashed into vehicles.
More than
twenty passengers on board a LAGBUS escaped death by the whiskers when
the bus with registration number Lagos XU998-AAA conveying them to the
Leventis Lagos Island crashed into four stationary vehicles parked
under the Carter Bridge at Ebute-Ero area of the state.
Eyewitnesses said the bus was filled with passengers with others
standing adding that the incident took place about 2:15pm on Wednesday.
There
was commotion when the bus said to be on top speed had a brake failure
and skidded the road before crushing a man identified as Francis
walking by the road side.
The bus dragged Mr. Francis and threw him under a car parked by the road
side while the bus crashed into four other cars as the driver struggled
to keep it in line.
An eyewitness who identified himself as Samson
Momoh said "We were standing by our car at the Carter bridge when a
LAGBUs lost control and skidded off the road. The driver tried to
control the bus but it ramp into a pavement and hit a business man
Francis walking on the roadside. Francis was walking towards his car
parked under the bridge when the bus hit him and threw him under a car
parked under the Carter Bridge. There was commotion and the passengers
in the bus screamed to escape but
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