An auto crash on Ikorodu Road in Lagos on Sunday morning claimed the lives of a woman and her eight-month-old baby, with 10 other passengers sustaining injuries.
According to witnesses, the crash involved a Tata commercial bus which veered off its lane and crashed into a commercial bus coming from the opposite direction.
The accident came barely six days after a man, his wife and their baby died in an auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed the accident, said preliminary investigation revealed that the Tata bus lost control, veered off its lane and crashed through the median and consequently rammed into a Volkswagen bus.
“The impact resulted in the instantaneous death of an adult female passenger aboard the Volkswagen bus, while an eight-month-old female infant tragically succumbed to injuries sustained in the collision.
“The untimely and heartrending loss of such tender and innocent lives has plunged the entire corridor and indeed the wider community into profound mourning.
“In a display of exceptional professionalism, LASTMA operatives supported by well-meaning members of the public, immediately activated a coordinated rescue and recovery operation.
“A total of 10 victims, including the drivers of both vehicles, were successfully extricated from the mangled wreckage, all sustaining varying degrees of serious injuries. Six trapped passengers were rescued from the Volkswagen commercial bus, while four others were evacuated from the red Tata bus.”