Driver, motorboy, 16 others die in auto crash
IT was a black Sunday, as a 24-seater passenger bus crashed into a stationary trailer on Lagos-Badagry expressway, killing 15 passengers, including drivers and motorboy on board, while nine others are currently under intensive medical care. Relatedly, another auto crash in Dutse Baupma, Abuja, has claimed three lives and left four others critically injured, the FCT Police Command, has said. The Lagos tragic accident, it was gathered, occurred at a point called, Agemowo, near Mowo, on the Lagos-Badagry highway. It was gathered that the accident was as a result of over-speeding, resulting in a brake failure, as the bus rammed into the stationary trailer in the process. Rescue personnel, who rushed to the scene later recovered the bodies from the wreckage with the injured victims. It was gathered that the passengers chartered the bus from Yaba area of Lagos to attend a group party in the Republic of Benin. A report by Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, Permanent Secr...