Dr Femi
Oke-Osnyintolu, Director General, LASEMA, said three people were on board when
the aircraft crashed.
The Lagos
State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has confirmed two people dead in the
helicopter that crashed into a building at Salvation Road, Opebi, Ikeja area of
Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
He said the
agency received distress calls concerning a privately operated helicopter that
crashed into 16 A Salvation Road, Opebi, Ikeja and he immediately activated the
emergency response plan.
According to
him, one person was in intensive care unit at the Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, while the two dead bodies had been deposited at the
mortuary.
“The
helicopter was carrying three (3) people, one is in the intensive care unit at
the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital while the other two were killed on
impact and their bodies has been deposited in mortuary.
“We are on
top of challenges, especially crowd control. Operation is ongoing and updates
will follow,” he said.
The
helicopter is said to belong to Quorum Aviation.
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