Nigeria Eight-Month-Old Baby and Woman Killed in Lagos Auto Crash After Bus Loses Control

The Digest:

An eight-month-old baby and a woman have died in a tragic auto crash on Ikorodu Road in Lagos, after a commercial bus speeding from Palmgrove lost control, veered across the median, and collided head-on with an oncoming Volkswagen bus.

Key Points:

• The commercial bus was driving at “excessive and perilous velocity” before losing mechanical control.
• It crossed the median and crashed into a Volkswagen bus traveling in the opposite direction.
• The woman died instantly; the infant succumbed to injuries sustained in the collision.
• Ten people were rescued with varying injuries, six from the Volkswagen and four from the Tata bus.
• The bodies were evacuated by the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU).
• LASTMA’s General Manager warned commercial drivers against overspeeding and poor maintenance.
• The accident occurred opposite Olabode House, near Obanikoro, on Sunday.

The tragedy is a stark reminder of how swiftly routine travel can turn fatal, rooting grief in the storm of negligence that continues to plague Nigerian roads.

Sources: Channels TV