Connect with us

FEATURED

UPDATED: Trailer Driver Runs Amok In Lagos, Crushes ‘Many’ WASSE Students To Death

Published

on

The accident vehicle

A hit-and-run truck driver, on Friday, reportedly lost control and rammed into a bus carrying students who had just finished their WAEC examination, killing many and several commuters and motorists at the busy Agbara Bus stop along the Lagos Badagry expressway.

BIGPEN NIGERIA (https:bigpenngr.com) learnt that the tragic incident occurred around Agbara and neighbouring communities of Magbon and Oko Afor along the Lagos Badagry when the trailer, carrying goats, went berserk and crushed the bus, killing several students and injuring manh others.

Students
Witnesses told newsmen that the students had just finished their last paper today, Friday 7, June and had charter the bus to convey them to a place where they would unwind and thank God for a successful exams.

“But sadly, the plan was cut short as the trailer driver on top speed ran onto the vehicle and buses in Agbara bustop.

“I saw about four persons being pulled out of the vehicle dead while others were still trapped in the wreckage of the bus.”, one witness said.

The driver, who attempted to flee, continued his destructive path, hitting several vehicles and pedestrians, including other students waiting at a bus stop.

“The truck driver in an attempt to evade arrest continued, knocking several vehicles off its path.

“At Magbon bus stop about 2 kilometres after Agbara, the rampaging truck ran over students waiting to enter bus and crushed yet to be ascertained number of pupils.

Advertisement

“Not done with its evil plot, the reckless driver continued to Okoafor Bustop, where it crushes several cars and a fully loaded 18 seater madder bus”

He was eventually stopped by customs officers and okada riders who were on his pursuit.

“He would have continued with his evil mission but for the intervention of men of Nigeria customs boarder drill at Elijah bus stop who suspected the drivers strange attitude and stopped him before okada riders in hot pursuit caught him”, the source added.

Continue Reading
Advertisement
Click to comment
FEATURED7 hours ago

Tompolo, Traditional Rulers, Other Heavyweights Grace Igbadiwei-led INC Inauguration in Warri Amid Tight Security

COMMUNITY REPORT24 hours ago

Each Delta LG Now Produces a Permanent Secretary as Oborevwori Swears in 11 More

FEATURED1 day ago

N33.8bn Fraud: Ex-power Minister, Saleh Mamman, Bags 75-year Jail Term

Akpeki
FEATURED1 day ago

46 Delta APC Assembly Aspirants Cleared; 36 Disqualified in the Process (Full List)

FEATURED1 day ago

Police Arrest 29-Year-Old Man in Warri for Allegedly Abducting 2-Year-Old in Sack Bag

Anioma State
OPINION2 days ago

Social Critic Prof. Sandra Duru Explains Why Ned Nwoko Continues to Win Delta North’s Hearts

FEATURED2 days ago

Emeka Rollas, Kate Henshaw, Others Mourn as Details Emerge on How Alexx Ekubo Died at 40

NEWS3 days ago

Manroy Global Partners with Warri NUJ Chapel to Strengthen Media Coverage

social media
NEWS3 days ago

APC Chieftain States 8 Reasons Why Ned Nwoko Is the Best Candidate to Represent Delta North in Decades

POLITICS3 days ago

Sen. Ned Nwoko Deserves a Second Term — Kerry, Campaign Council DG

COMMUNITY REPORT3 days ago

Delta Police Partners NURTW, RTEAN, COMTOA, Others to Enhance Transport Sector Security

NEWS3 days ago

My Assumptions About the North Changed When I Left Bayelsa for Adamawa — Okalizibe, AUN First-Class Law Graduate

FEATURED3 days ago

Enugu Govt Arrests Woman for Allegedly Torturing and Killing 9-Year-Old Stepdaughter

FEATURED3 days ago

Oborevwori Appoints Eghene-Ezefili as First Female Secretary of Delta SUBEB

FEATURED3 days ago

3 Girls Arrested as Police Bust Female Drug Cartel in Delta

Advertisement
Advertisement

z