A mini commercial bus conveying a corpse for burial was involved in an accident in Lagos State, Nigeria, resulting in injuries to five people. The accident occurred at Idimu bus stop after the bus's brakes failed, causing it to collide with another bus. Eyewitnesses reported seeing mourners and a corpse inside one of the vehicles.
There was commotion on Wednesday after a mini commercial bus conveying a corpse for burial was involved in an accident at Idimu in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State.learnt that about five people sustained varying degrees of injuries in the incident, which occurred around 10 am.It was gathered that the mourners were transporting the corpse from Ejigbo to the Ikotun area of the community in a convoy of three minibuses and one Toyota space bus.
She said, “Some buses were picking up passengers on the layby when a minibus suddenly crashed into another one. The impact caused some of them to fall off the vehicle, and they got injured.It was when we moved close that we discovered that they were heading for burial when we saw a corpse inside one of them. The occupants were also seriously injured.”
During a closer look, a female occupant was seen holding onto the corpse in the bus with injuries on her leg. It was, however, gathered that some mourners who were ahead of the bus in the convoy had driven some distances away before they realised what had happened.
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