Two passengers died while eight others were reportedly injured in an auto crash at the J3 area along the Benin-Sagamu Expressway on Monday.
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BUS CRUSHES MAN DEAD IN ENUGU
A driver that crushed a pedestrian to death was saved by policemen from Trans Ekulu Division of Enugu State Command, Monday, from a mob, which set his commercial bus ablaze.
Continue reading »TRAGEDY AVERTED: PUPILS SURVIVE GHASTLY ACCIDENT IN IMO (PHOTOS)
Parents of some Reformers International Nursery and Primary School pupils in Imo were overjoyed on Thursday after their children came out unhurt from a terrible car crash involving the school bus. It was gathered that the school bus somersaulted while conveying the pupils to school. The students were rescued and unhurt. See some of the photos below: Source: Punchng.com
Continue reading »LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESS ACCIDENT UPDATE: POLICE CONFIRM 26 DEAD, 11 INJURED
The Oyo State Police Command said that 26 people died in the early morning ghastly motor accident, which occurred at the Ibadan end of the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway (READ IT HERE).
Continue reading »AT LEAST 29 SCHOOLCHILDREN KILLED IN TANZANIA BUS CRASH
At least 29 final year primary school pupils were killed in a bus crash in northern Tanzania on Saturday, along with two teachers and the driver, the school’s director said.
Continue reading »36 KILLED AS 2 PASSENGER BUSES COLLIDES ON LAGOS-IBADAN HIGHWAY
More than 36 people were on Saturday feared dead as two passenger buses collided and caught fire at a Quarry site at Km 96, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Continue reading »ELEVEN KILLED IN PAKISTAN VAN PLUNGE
At least 11 people including women and children were killed when an overloaded passenger van plunged into a ravine in Pakistan’s mountainous northwest on Sunday, officials said.
Continue reading »TWO DEAD, POLICEMAN, SCORES INJURED IN GHASTLY LAGOS ACCIDENT
Two persons were yesterday killed in a series of fatal accidents along the Oshodi Expressway that also left a policeman and scores of persons with varying degree of injuries. The accident caused a heavy gridlock on the busy road which took the combined efforts of emergency workers from the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA), state Fire Service and other agencies […]
Continue reading »BUS CRASH IN PRETORIA KILLS 20 CHILDREN
At least 20 children were killed in a bus crash outside the South African capital Pretoria on Friday, emergency services said, as paramedics treated the injured at the scene. The minibus collided with a truck on a road between the towns of Bronkhorstspruit and Verena, about 70 kilometres (45 miles) from Pretoria. “It is confirmed 20 children have been killed,” […]
Continue reading »26 KILLED AS PHILIPPINES BUS PLUNGES INTO RAVINE
At least 26 people were killed and 21 injured when a passenger bus crashed into a deep ravine in the mountainous northern Philippines on Tuesday, authorities said. The bus plunged about 24 metres (80 feet) in the upland province of Nueva Ecija before noon after its brakes failed while travelling on a winding road, police and local officials said. “The […]
Continue reading »EASTER TRAGEDY: SEVEN KILLED, 19 INJURED IN LAGOS ACCIDENTS
No fewer than seven people lost their lives on Monday in two separate accidents in the Gbagada and Surulere areas of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that while two passengers died and 14 sustained varying degree of injuries in the Gbagada crash, five died and five others were injured in the Surulere incident. Our correspondents gathered that the Gbagada accident […]
Continue reading »TWO BURNT TO DEATH, FIVE SUFFERED BURNS AS BUS CAUGHT FIRE IN LAGOS
Two people were burnt to death while five others suffered burns yesterday, in Lagos, after a yellow bus (Danfo) accidentally caught fire in Maryland. The incident occurred at about 2.55pm when the bus with Number plate KTU 479 XQ which was heading towards New Garage lost control, hit an unknown Sports utility van and caught fire. Two female passengers were […]
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