The BRT Buses Involved Accident

By Donatus Anichukwueze

LASEMA Response Team in Recovery Operation after the collision two BRT buses at Iyana Ipaja 27th August, 2024. X/@followlasema1

Many passengers were injured following a late-night collision involving two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses at the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos on Tuesday.

The accident occurred within the BRT lane on Lagos Abeokuta Express Way, around Danco Filling Station, according to a post on X by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).

It added that the wounded persons had been rushed to a nearby medical facility for treatment.

[10:23PM] IyanaIpaja #Egbeda #AccidentReport

An head-on collision involving two BRT buses has occured within the BRT lane on Lagos Abeokuta Express Way, around Danco Filling Station. Wounded persons have been rushed to nearby medical facility for treatments. pic.twitter.com/kkdFR9y3jU

— LASTMA (@followlastma) August 27, 2024

An additional statement by the head of the public affairs unit, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nosa Okunbor said investigations at the scene revealed that the BRT bus headed inward Iyana Ipaja in an attempt to avoid crushing a commercial motorcyclist with passengers plying the BRT corridor illegally, collided with an oncoming BRT bus.

According to Okunbor, no lives were lost as a result of the incident.

“However, passengers of both buses reportedly suffered various degrees of injuries and were all taken to the nearest hospital before the arrival of Agency’s Response Team,” he said.

He added that two tow trucks were activated to evacuate the accident BRT buses off the road.

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