Tragic: Absent-Minded Driver Hits Bridge Railings As Bus Falls On Carter Bridge [PHOTOS]

The Driver

 

An avoidable accident occurred around 2:30pm this afternoon on Carter Bridge at the Idumota –Iddo terminus that leads to the mainland causing slow traffic flow.

No lives were lost.

One of the passengers that I spoke with, Mrs Ajayi, escaped with minor injuries and said that the commercial bus driver who conveyed them from Idumota market was absent-minded as he kept veering off his lane even though he wasn’t driving at top speed.

According to her, “he kept ignoring our shouts and pleas for him to concentrate, so we left him because he is an elderly man. Not too long after, he totally lost control of the steering and veered off his lane, hitting the railings on the bridge before the bus fell on its side”.

Good Nigerians that were walking along the bridge promptly helped to rescue the occupants who were trapped inside the bus turned on its side. Some came out unscathed, others with minor injuries but the worst hit was the driver who bled from his nose and his wrist which was tied with a piece of cloth. 

The driver was later taken to a nearby hospital by officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission that were patrolling on the road.

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