The Lagos State Visitors Administration Authority (LASTMA) has apprehended the driver of an articulated truck following a severe head-on collision with a business bus alongside the Lagos–Badagry Expressway.

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The accident occurred on Tuesday on the Mosafejo–Aradagun axis of the expressway and concerned a truck and a Mazda business bus with registration quantity FST 946 YK.

In response to site visitors officers, the crash occurred when the truck driver tried to make an unlawful U-turn at an unauthorised level, resulting in a violent collision with the oncoming bus.

On account of the impression, three male passengers in the business bus sustained crucial accidents.

LASTMA officers, working alongside operatives of the Federal Street Security Corps (FRSC), responded promptly to the incident. The injured passengers have been rescued from the wreckage and instantly taken to a close-by Normal Hospital by FRSC officers for pressing medical therapy.

Visitors officers additionally moved swiftly to stop additional accidents by clearing the broken automobiles from the street and managing site visitors stream in the realm. Safety help was supplied by officers of the Badagry Divisional Police Command.

Talking on the incident, the Particular Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa, expressed sympathy to the injured victims and their households.

“Our ideas are with the victims of this unlucky accident. We want them a speedy and full restoration,” Giwa stated.

He warned truck drivers and operators of professional quality automobiles in opposition to reckless driving and disrespect for site visitors legal guidelines, stressing that such behaviour places lives in danger.

“Unlawful U-turns and different harmful driving practices is not going to be tolerated. Drivers should strictly comply with site visitors laws as supplied beneath the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Regulation,” he added.

Giwa reaffirmed the state authorities’s dedication to street security, noting that enforcement, site visitors management, and public consciousness would proceed to be strengthened to guard lives and property on Lagos roads.