Lagos Netizens React, Call for Reforms of LT Buses After Newly-Wed Couple, 16 Others Escape Death in Third Mainland Bridge Multiple Collision
@kalumbah19, posted:"Yesterday another LT had an accident and today another one happened again... its high time government should take action on this LT buses. @WoleOgundare said "We ALL see these very poorly maintained commercial buses coupled with terrible/impatient drivers (ignored by @followlasg @followlastma and MOT enforcement for reasons best known to them)," These are only two of the reactions of Netizens to the increasing menace of LT Buses in Lagos calling for Mr.Babajide Sanwo-olu's urgent attention.
By: Olufemi Orunsola
A retinue of reactions, condemnations have continued to trail the near death encounter of a newly wedded couple, alongside 16 other passengers involved a multiple collision accident with the safety of LT Buses questioned by Netizens, calling for reforms in their operations in Lagos.
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports that the newly wedded couple, returning from the Ikoyi Marriage Registry, alongside 16 other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries, following a multi-vehicle collision on the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge.
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN,) News gathered that the accident happened on Saturday as confirmed in a statement by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq.
Taofiq stated that the accident occurred when an LT bus developed brake failure while at speed and collided with a mini truck.
The impact of the collision was said to have led to the occupants of both vehicles sustaining varying degrees of injuries including fractured limbs.
He identified the vehicles involved as a mini truck with number plate AGL 22 YE and a commercial LT bus with number plate BFG 204 XF.
Taofiq revealed that “The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, in collaboration with emergency response agencies, today orchestrated the successful rescue of 18 individuals involved in a serious vehicular collision on the Third Mainland Bridge, near Ilaje, heading towards Iyana Oworonsoki.
He also confirmed that among the victims were a newly-wed couple returning to the mainland from the Ikoyi Marriage Registry.
“The accident, which involved a mini truck (AGL 22 YE) and a commercial LT bus (BFG 204 XF), was attributed to a brake failure on the LT bus, which was travelling at excessive speed. The bus collided with the mini truck, which was moving slowly due to mechanical difficulties.
However, Netizens have decried the deplorable dilapidated state of many of the LT Buses plying the routes of Lagos, describing them as outright accidents waiting to happen, calling on the Lagos state government to take a decisive step to curb their menace in order to put an end to the grave danger such poorly maintained LT Buses pose to the lives of Lagosians.
OTN News has therefore thought it rudebt to profile some reactions of Netizens posted in response to the official announcement of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA)
@WoleOgundare said, "We ALL see these very poorly maintained commercial buses coupled with terrible/impatient drivers (ignored by @followlasg @followlastma and MOT enforcement for reasons best known to them)," adding that, "They’re mostly accidents waiting to happen, and unfortunately, carrying innocent passengers."
Another Netizen, @abiolaafolabi wrote, "Almost All of them had leg injury and this is because this bus seats are just iron that shift anyhow, nothing to brace the impact, we're grateful to God no life was lost."
In his own reaction, Kalu Mbah Ikechukwu
@kalumbah19, posted:"Yesterday another LT had an accident and today another one happened again... its high time government should take action on this LT buses"
A Netizen simply identified as @hubgornez said:
"These buses are literally calling for their ban on the road, their excesses are becoming too much."
@bubeegee, wrote, "LT Bus, again! The recklessness of LT bus drivers has become overwhelming, but the authorities just watching."
OTN News therefore calls on the relevant authorities in Lagos state to review the state of LT Buses in Lagos and swiftly put the right mechanisms in place to safeguard the previous lives of Lagosians from needless and avoidable injuries and deaths.
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