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Many Feared Dead As Bus Somersaults And Crashes Into BRT Fence In Lagos [Video]

Many passengers are feared dead and seriously injured after a commersial bus somersaulted and crashed into BRT fence in Abule Egba, Lagos State.

It was gathered that the accident which occurred early this morning while people were on their way to work involved a bus carrying passengers from Abeokuta, Ogun State.

An eyewitnesses reportedly said the bus driver and a passenger were having an argument when the driver to lose concentration, thereby losing control of the vehicle.

A Twitter user, who was standing at the scene of the accident when it happened, explained that she barely escaped being crushed by the bus.

She tweeted: “A bus carrying passengers from Abeokuta somersaulted and crashed into the brt fence The bus turned over. Driver bleeding People are badly injured I was standing there, I was by the wall a minute ago.”

Watch the video below:

KanyiDaily had also reported how a nine persons died from a ghastly road accident along the Yangoji-Abuja Road in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Tobias Sylvester

Tobias Sylvester is the news editor for Kanyi Daily News and is based in Lagos. Contact Tobias at editor@kanyidaily.com. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here

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