LASEMA rescues four victims from accident on Third mainland bridge

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has rescued four victims following a road accident on Monday evening.

The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the rescue in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos.

The accident, which involved two buses, occurred on the Third Mainland Bridge, heading inward Oworo-Shoki, in the late hours of Monday.

According to Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA received distress calls at 17:25 hours through the 767 and 112 toll-free emergency lines, prompting the activation of the emergency response team from the Command and Control Centre in Alausa, Ikeja.

Upon arrival at the scene at 17:35 hours, the team found that a white Toyota coaster bus (Registration Number KJA-380-XV) had collided with a stationary Lagos State BRT (Registration Number AGL938-YD).

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The incident occurred as the moving coaster bus attempted to overtake a car and blindsided the parked BRT.

Four individuals, including the driver, sustained severe injuries, but there were no fatalities.

LASEMA’s recovery team successfully extricated the trapped passengers.

The injured victims were treated on-site by the agency’s paramedics before being evacuated to nearby government hospitals for further care.

The Toyota Coaster bus was towed to Iyana-Oworo and handed over to the police as the recovery operation was concluded.