BRT Bus Crushes Biker And Burns Beyond Recognition

A Lagos state government bus (BRT)  burnt down Monday night after it dragged
a biker from a spot at the U-turn Bus stop, near Abule Egba on the
Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, killing the biker. The biker bled to death due to injuries sustained as
the bus forcefully dragged him on the road for a long distance.
According to witnesses, the bus driver did not know he was dragging the
biker until the crowd raised alarm….You can see the mangled bike under the vehicle….click read more below the picture to read the rest of the story.

One eyewitness says policemen from Abattoir police station in Agege
area immediately rescued the bus driver from a possible attacks from
youths on the scene. The witness also said another person died with the
biker increasing the causalities to two. All passengers on the bus
survived before the bus was engulfed in fire.

Some Lagos State officials at the scene this morning said the bus
was burnt by aggressive youths but eyewitnesses  insisted that the
accident had caused the bus fuel tank to explode following several fire
sparks caused by friction between the bus and the bike.

Policemen from the Rapid Response Squad [RRS] who arrived the scene
later this morning began impounding bikes at the scene as they claimed
the victim’s bike caused the accident.