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LAGOS: Two persons feared dead, others injured as container falls on bus
No fewer than two persons have been killed while three others were injured when a 20-feet container fell on a commercial bus at Ilasamaja on the Oshodi-Badagry Expressway.
The Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the accident on Sunday.
He said when the LASEMA Responder got to the scene, it discovered that a truck with registration number SGM 715 XA and loaded with a 20-ft container had collided with a commercial bus discharging passengers around 7 p.m.
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According to him, the deceased bodies, a male and female and the injured persons had been taken to Isolo General Hospital by LASEMA Responder.
“Another three passengers escaped unhurt.
”The dead and the injured had been transferred to Isolo General Hospital by LASEMA Responder,” he said.
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