BRT Fails Break, Kills Trader, Apprentice in Lagos

A Bus Rapid Transit vehicle on Wednesday killed Three persons and injured several others after it rammed into a market fence at Alapere in the Ketu area of Lagos State.

It was gathered that the BRT, with number plate KSF-940XX, had a brake failure when the incident happened around 7am.

The driver was said to have lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the wall, hitting another commercial bus loading passengers.

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An eyewitness, Chukwuemeka Sunday, said the BRT vehicle crushed a woman who was coming from the market, an apprentice trying to cross the road and a wheelbarrow pusher.

The victims died on the spot as the BRT driver fled the scene.

The eyewitness also said several others who were injured were taken to a hospital for treatment.

Another BRT vehicle with the number plate, GGE-405YF, driving towards a BRT lane, was also affected.

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Confirming the incident, LASTMA Director of Public Affairs, Taofiq Adebayo, said the accident occurred around 7am and claimed three lives.

He said, “The accident involved a red BRT bus which had a brake failure, and a Volkswagen, popularly called Danfo.

“Preliminary investigation shows that the accident took the lives of three pedestrians waiting to board buses around the Ketu axis.

“The three dead persons were taken by the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit to a mortuary and the eight people seriously injured were taken to a general hospital by the Lagos State Ambulance Service.”