A helicopter belonging to Quarium Avaition with three persons on board, on Friday crash landed in Lagos, killing two of the occupants on the spot.
Precisely, the helicopter landed at No 16 Salvation Road, Opebi around 12:20p.m.
One person was injured in the accident.
Emergency workers who confirmed the casualties said one was the pilot of the helicopter.
The Next Edition gathered that the third person, found unconscious, was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) for urgent attention.
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Eyewitnesses said the helicopter just dropped off the sky on the building at No 16 Salvation Road, Opebi, causing serious damage to the roof of the building.
Confirming the casualty figures also, the Director General (DG) LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said the bodies have been taken to the mortuary and the injured evacuated to the hospital.
He said the cause of the crash was still unknown, adding also that the victims were yet to be identified.
Oke-Osanyintolu said rescuers battled crowd control challenges, which was contained when the Police Commissioner (CP) Hakeem Odumosu led his men to the scene.
He said: “The agency received distress calls concerning a privately operated helicopter that crashed into 16A Salvation Road, Opebi, Ikeja and immediately activated the emergency response plan.
“The helicopter was carrying three 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 have been deposited in mortuary. We are on top of challenges especially crowd control. Operation is ongoing and updates will follow.”
