An unidentified man was killed on Saturday after a commercial bus collided with an articulated truck carrying a container around Pen Cinema, Agege area of Lagos State.
Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director General (DG), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said the accident happened at the early hours of Saturday.
Oke-Osanyintolu said that two articulated trucks, a commercial bus and a car were recovered from the scene.
“The accident recorded a casualty that was taken to an unknown hospital before arrival of the agency’s responders.
“A fatality was also reported and the dead handed over to the State Environmental Monitoring Unit, SEHMU,
“Upon arrival of the agency’s officials at the scene at 03:00hrs this morning, it was observed that a commercial bus ran into a 40-feet container truck.
“This resulted in a multiple accident involving two 40-feet container trucks, one car and a commercial bus,” he said.
Oke-Osanyintolu said the driver of one of the trucks was rescued and taken to an unknown hospital by bystanders prior to the arrival of the first responders.
“The responders met one fatality, an unidentified male adult whose remains were taken away by SEHMU officials.
“All the affected vehicles have been recovered, towed off and handed over to Police Officers from Agege Police Station,” the director general said.
Oke-Osanyintolu added that further investigation is ongoing and the result will be revealed.