Two Dead As BRT Crushes Motorcyclist

Picture of Motorcycle

Two un-identified persons lost their lives on Wednesday when a bus belonging to the Primero Transport Services Limited rammed into a commercial motorcycle conveying two passengers to a destination in the Ile-Igbo area of Abule-Egba, Lagos State.

The motorcyclist and one of the passengers, died on the spot, while the other passenger, who sustained injuries from the impact of the collision, was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

It was learnt that immediately the accident happened, the bus driver, Bohan Abiodun, went to the Oke-Odo Police Division to report the matter, and this enabled the police and other emergency responders to rescue the injured victim.

The corpses of the deceased were said to have been deposited in a mortuary. Reacting to the crash, the Head, Corporate Communications, Primero Transport Services, Mutiu Yekeen, while commiserating with the bereaved families, said the bus was heading for Abule-Egba from Oshodi to convey early morning commuters when it rammed into the motorcyclist and his passengers on the BRT corridor.