A 40ft container fell on vehicles plying the Cele bus stop
along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos State killing many commuters.
FACTUAL NAIJA NEWS gathered that, a driver, of one of the
popular yellow commercial buses was immediately confirmed dead while the other
two managed to escape.
According to a source who craved anonymity, about five of
the passengers in the bus that the container fell on were rushed to the
hospital and confirmed dead.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority
while confirming the incident on Thursday afternoon said the accident happened
at the main carriageway of PM gas station inward Cele express.
“It involved an upturned 40ft container on a commercial bus.
“Police officers from Ilasa division are on the ground doing the needful and also effort is on for recovery,” the agency wrote on its official Facebook page.
However, the agency did not reveal the number of casualties
involved in the incident.