Three persons have been reported dead in an accident which saw a truck ram into a commercial tricycle and a car in the Epe area of Lagos State on Monday.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed this in a post it shared on its official X account.
According to the statement, LASTMA said that the accident occurred as a result of a brake failure by the truck on its way from Ita-Opo.
“Three lives were lost and they’ve been taken to the morgue at Epe General Hospital while we have a tow truck on the ground to evacuate the affected vehicles,” LASTMA said.
“Traffic has been diverted for easy vehicular movement.”
Efforts to get further details from the Lagos State Police Command proved abortive as calls and a text message put across to the phone of the Spokesman for the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, were not responded to.
In another accident in the Abule Egba area of the state, LASTMA said many passengers suffered injuries after an evangelical bus was hit by a commercial bus that suffered brake failure.
“Injured passengers are now being taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, while our men are on the ground there to restore normalcy and control resultant traffic backlog,” the agency shared.
