Accident; Bus Driver flees as Seven Pupils Gets Injured

A school bus conveying pupils within the age range of one to five has been involved in a accident in the early hours of  Thursday,17th March,2023.

Sadly, seven pupils had sustain a level of injury as confirmed by a doctor and the bus driver who also sustained injury was nowhere to be found.

A News Agency of Nigerian correspondent,who witnessed the news reported that the bus somersaulted and injured the occupants in the bus in the area of Surulere in Lagos State.

Reporting further,he added that the bus with registration number KTU-465DN hit a median barrier and pulled off a concrete holding a street light, before somersaulting.

Nearby witness of the sad occurrence and sympathisers rushed to the scene and arranged for the injured children and a caregiver on board, to be taken to a nearby hospital.

The driver of the bus, who also sustained injuries, fled the scene, apparently for fear of a mob attack.

At the hospital, doctors and other health workers hurriedly  attended to the victims.

Dr Sanusi Olatunbosun, who was on duty, later told NAN, “Seven people were in the school bus, three had serious injuries while four had minor injuries.”

Recall that earlier in the month,a BRT bus conveying workers of Lagos state was involved in a head on collision with a train and the fatility figure at the time this news was compiled was 6

The current state of security and safety in the state is becoming a rising issue

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