Monday 9 September 2013

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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