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An unidentified commercial bus driver died on Wednesday in an accident involving his bus and a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle in Ogudu, along the Oworonshoki Expressway, in Lagos.
Punch Metro gathered that the commercial bus was coming from Lagos Island and heading to the Ojodu Berger area of the state when the accident occurred.
According to eyewitnesses, the commercial bus was at top speed when it lost control along the Ifako Bridge and collided with the BRT.
In the process, the bus was said to have somersaulted twice while the driver died on the spot.
The incident which occurred around 8am also drew the anger of hoodlums who vandalised the BRT bus and set it ablaze.
According to a statement by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, seven passengers were injured in the crash.
