Nigeria, March 8 -- One person has died and six others sustained injuries in a road crash involving a commercial bus and an articulated truck along the Oworonsoki-Apapa Expressway in Lagos early Sunday.

The crash occurred at the New Castle Bus Stop inward Gbagada, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).

In a statement on Sunday, LASTMA spokesperson Adebayo Taofiq said the accident involved a Volkswagen commercial bus with registration number LSD 654 XY.

Mr Taofiq said the bus reportedly veered off course and rammed into a roadside culvert, causing a female passenger to be forcefully ejected onto the expressway.

"The impact forcefully ejected a female passenger onto the expressway, while six others sustained...