Nigeria Daily News: Lagos Auto Crash: Family of three, others escape death

Lagos Auto Crash: Family of three, others escape death
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Staff on 31/08/2012 11:00:00


Olayinka Latona
A family of three with some other passengers narrowly escaped death Friday in
fatal accident that occurred at Freedom bus stop, by Mile 2, along Apapa-Oshodi
expressway.
The accident which caused slight gridlock from Mile 2 to the scene of the
incident involved a Conoil tanker with registration number XP 169 AAA and two
commercial buses popularly called ‘danfo’ with plate numbers; XR 821 KRD and
XC 48 KSF respectively.
One of the affected bus [Danfo] after a Conoil Tanker Trailer with registration
number, Lagos, XP-169-AAA, lost control and ran into two buses and five cars at
Freedom Busstop, in Mile-2, Along Apapa-Oshodi express road. . Photo: Bunmi
Azeez 
According to eye witnesses, the tanker coming from Oshodi towards Apapa was said
to have lost control due to what is suspected to be a brake failure and collided
with the commercial buses that were discharging and picking passengers from bus
stop.
Some of the passengers luckily escaped with severe injuries which may be serious
on account of some of them being to the head.
Two women, a boy and other passengers who sustained various degrees of injury
were taken to a nearby hospital.
One of the victims who identified himself as Mr. Ilo Andrew said it was by
providence that he and his three children were still alive as the bus they were
in somersaulted twice after it was hit by the tanker.
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