Two passengers fall off speeding commercial bus on Lagos 3rd Mainland Bridge, drown in Lagoon

Two passengers aboard a commercial bus at full tilt on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Wednesday fell off the bus into the lagoon and drowned.

Persecondnews gathered that the vehicle’s brake failed, resulting in the accident on the bridge on Sallah day at 11 a.m.

The incident caused various degrees of injury to other passengers.

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Director of Operations, Olatunde Akinsanya, said: “Today at 10 minutes after 11, we had a road accident very close to Adeniji Bypass.

“An LT commercial bus with 22 passengers had a break failure, and it was on high speed.

“In the process, the driver ran himself to the barrier on the Third Mainland Bridge, and of course, two adults were plunged into the lagoon.

“So, the next phase of the operation is that, having recovered the wreckage and the victims taken to the nearby hospital for treatment.

“The next action is the search and rescue operations on the waterways, and that is why we are collaborating with marine police, NEMA, and others.”