Some members of the Deeper Life Bible Church, yesterday escaped demise by whiskers when their bus coming back from Christmas Retreat Camp alongside Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, collided with a truck on the Otedola Bridge, inwards 7up, Ikeja, Lagos.
Nevertheless, 10 of them, together with three male adults and 7 feminine adults sustained accidents, whereas others escaped unharmed within the accident that occurred within the early hours of yesterday.
Following misery calls, the Lagos State Emergency Administration Company (LASEMA), activated the State’s Emergency Response Plans (SERP) and its response workforce from the command and management centre, Alausa, Ikeja.
Upon arrival at about 6:500.a.m, LASEMA’s Tiger Response Staff from Alausa, found the branded lengthy bus with registration quantity MUS-176XC, had crashed right into a stationary 40ft container truck from behind.
Investigations performed by the company’s Tiger Response Staff revealed that the driving force of the bus misplaced management of the automobile in movement and crashed into the stationary truck because of brake failure.
Everlasting Secretary (PS), LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu stated all of the victims had been promptly attended to by the company’s Pre-Hospital care workforce.
“The accident victims had been taken to Trauma Centre with support of the company’s ambulance and different Ambulances current on the scene.
“The company’s response workforce activated mandatory security measures on the incident scene throughout the restoration operation and the affected bus was recovered from the highway to a close-by layby,” he defined.
