About four of the victims were reportedly in severe pains and speechless as they held their chest, neck as a result of the accident which occurred at about 2 pm by Berger bus stop, Oworonsoki, Third Mainland Bridge.
According to the Nation, the Ikeja-bound bus tumbled after a saloon car with flat tyre swerved and hit the bus which was said to have lost its balance as the driver attempted to avoid the saloon car and in the process the bus tumbled two times and almost plunged into the canal but for the iron bars barricading the lagoon.
Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, arrived at the scene to clear the bridge so that a Lagos State Ambulance that came to pick up the injured could get to them.
One of the victims who sustained injuries on his head and back blamed the driver of the saloon car for their misfortune.
Speaking, the unnamed victim said, “We were coming from CMS and going to Ikeja when all of a sudden; a woman driving a saloon car with a flat tyre wheeled her car and hit our bus.
“The bus driver was trying to avoid her, yet the woman kept coming. As soon as she realised she has caused a serious problem she zoomed off; she did not even wait.
“The bus somersaulted twice and it is just by the grace of God that no one died. So many people sustained injuries,” the victim noted.
The accident reportedly led to heavy traffic buildup on the bridge as some motorists parked their vehicles to watch and take photographs of the scene.
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