No fewer than 14 persons, including a four-month-old baby, have lost their lives and nine others injured in a fatal auto crash along Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Sunday, 9 July.
Mr. Williams Manga, Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry.
He said that nine other persons sustained injuries in the accident, which occurred at Agemowo axis of the road, around 7. 31 a.m. on Sunday.
He stated further that a commercial bus (Mazda) with registration number MUS 411 XU carrying 19 passengers and coming from Lagos, was involved in a collision with a granite truck with registration number AKM 926YQ coming from Badagry.
“The accident occured around 7.31.a.m. when it was raining heavily along Lagos-Badagry Expressway. My men got to the scene of the accident at about 7.41.a.m. and took the injured to General Hospital Badagry, while the d£ad were deposited at the mortuary of the hospital,” he explained.