BY ESTHER ONYEGBULA

LAGOS— A commercial bus, yesterday, killed two students from State Junior High School, beside Nigerian Army Barracks, Ibereko, Badagry expressway in Lagos.

The accident, according to reports, occurred in front of the school premises.

Vanguard gathered that the victims had alighted from a tricycle at the bus stop opposite their school and had successfully crossed to the other side of the road when a commercial bus hit them.

One of the victims died on the spot while the other who was rushed to Badagry General Hospital died hours later.

According to eyewitnesses, the accident happened when the driver of the commercial bus lost control of the vehicle, and in an attempt to stop the bus he ran into the children who had crossed the road from the other side.

Vanguard gathered that the commercial bus driver and conductor narrowly escaped lynching by a mob that gathered. However, the bus was set ablaze.

Innocent motorists were not spared as several of them had their vehicle windscreens shattered by the angry students.

When Vanguard visited the school, the Principal refused to comment on the accident.

Efforts to confirm the incident through the DPO Badagry police division, CSP Aliko Dankoli, were also unsuccessful.