Operatives of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority have rescued an asthmatic patient and a commercial driver at an accident scene in Abule-Egba area of Lagos state
This was announced in a statement released by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq on Wednesday.
He said: “In the early hours of Wednesday, LASTMA confirmed that there was an accident involving a Toyota Sienna and a white bus popularly called Korope where it was confirmed that the Korope driver had bruises over his body and the female passenger had an asthma attack.
“She was rushed to BISAM hospital while the drivers were handed over to the police.”
“He confirmed further that preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of the Toyota Sienna bus had a head collision with the white commercial Mitsubishi bus while driving against the direction prohibited by Law (One-way).
He noted that the female asthmatic patient was rushed to a hospital for urgent medical care while the drivers of the two collided cars were handed over to the police.
“Immediately we arrived at the accident scene the driver of the commercial Mitsubishi white bus who had bruises over his body and another female asthmatic patient were rescued by LASTMA officials”
“LASTMA Ogunjobi disclosed that while the rescued female asthmatic patient was immediately rushed to BISAM hospital for urgent medical attention, drivers of both vehicles were handed over to policemen from Meiran police station for further investigation.” the statement read.
