Many passengers were injured as two BRT vehicles collided in the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos on Tuesday.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in a post via X said that the accident occurred within the BRT lane on Lagos Abeokuta Express Way, around Danco Filling Station.
It stated that wounded persons were rushed to a hospital for treatment.
“A head-on collision involving two BRT buses has occurred within the BRT lane on Lagos Abeokuta Express Way, around Danco Filling Station,” the post reads.
“Wounded persons have been rushed to a nearby medical facility for treatments.
However, Nosa Okunbor, a spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) in a statement said “investigations at the scene revealed that the BRT bus headed inward Iyana Ipaja in attempts to avoid crushing a commercial motorcyclist with passengers plying the BRT corridor illegally, collided with an oncoming BRT bus.”
