One person has died and eight more are injured as a result of an accident caused by a commercial bus driver trying to evade arrest by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA)on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The scene of the accident was just opposite the spot of the petrol tanker explosion of Thursday.
The LASTMA officers were on their way out of the scene of the tanker explosion when they spotted the bus driver, driving against the traffic. When they moved to apprehend him, the ‘Danfo’ driver tried to evade them by swerving to the other side of the road bit ended up only colliding with another bus.
The pick-up vehicle conveying the LASTMA officers hurriedly left the scene, while one of the LASTMA officials ran into a near-by bush to escape from the people who had rushed to the scene.
Witnesses blamed the traffic control agency for causing the accident,…
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