A yet-to-be-identified woman lost her life on Thursday when a petrol-laden tanker rammed into a Volkswagen car and a Mazda bus on the Otedola Bridge in Lagos State.
gathered that the vehicles were coming from Ogun State and heading for Lagos when the tragedy occurred around 8.10am.
Apart from the woman, who was killed, two adult men and a child sustained varying degrees of injury in the crash. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident, said the injured victims were taken to hospital for treatment, while the corpse was deposited in a mortuary.
He stated that the three affected vehicles had also been evacuated from the road and vehicular movement restored.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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