(pictured) Women, four children, five others killed in a motor accident in Lagos.

No fewer than 10 persons were feared killed on

Wednesday when a container fell on a commercial

bus along the Alaba Suru area of Lagos State.

Eyewitness accounts said the unfortunate incident

occurred about 9am on Christmas day.

The accident reportedly occurred when a

commercial bus driver in his bid to avoid crushing a

mad man sleeping on the road forced the driver of a

trailer carrying a container to swerve and in the

process, the container fell-off on a stationary

commercial bus that was picking up passengers

from the roadside.

A mother, her four children, an old woman and four

others were said to have been killed in the accident,

with many others critically injured.

One of the victims, a woman survived with both her

legs shattered.

An eyewitness said: “The accident was caused by

mad man sleeping on the road. The commercial bus

was trying to avoid crushing the mad man while the

container was trying to avoid crushing the

commercial bus.

“It all happened this morning at about 9am. There

was a commercial bus going to Okoko Iyanaoba,

calling for passengers and there was a trailer laden

with a container filled with vehicle engines.

“There was a mad man lying on the road and a

commercial bus was coming from Orile axis. The

bus swerved to the left to avoid the mad man on

the road and the container swerved also to the left

to avoid the commercial bus.

“The container was about to scale the culvert, but

the container fell to the right, and fell on the bus

picking passengers. Those sitting on the ground

died. A woman with four [of her] children were

killed. An old woman and four others died. A

woman who survived had her two legs cut off in the

accident”.

It was gathered that the Lagos State Emergency

(LASEM) bus rushed to the scene and took the

injured as well as the dead away from the scene of

the accident.