A bus driver and two other occupants occupying the front seats of a Mazda bus, have lost their lives while 14 others were injured in a fatal accident on the Third Mainland Bridge, inward Adeniji-Oshodi, Lagos.
The accident occurred on Wednesday at about 6.45 pm, at the Adekunle axis of the Bridge.
According to Vanguard, an eye witnesses, Akintunde Alabi, said the incident occurred when the bus driver plying Oshodi/Ajah route hit the Adekunle interchange demarcation and this led to the fatal incident.
Alabi said it obstructed the free flow of traffic at Ilubinrin, Adeniji-Adele and Adekunle such that many motorists were stranded.
He said there was a backlog of traffic as onlookers also besieged the scene thereby disrupting the free flow of traffic.
“There is a fatal accident at Adekunle inter-change inward Adeniji-Adele.
“Three people are lying lifeless by the roadside while 14 passengers were injured.
“Onlookers from Adeniji Adele inward Iyana-Oworo are at the scene and this has generated serious gridlock in Ilubirim.
“Many of us are stranded at the moment, ” he said.
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