{"id":69997,"date":"2025-07-08T14:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69997"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:46:10","slug":"lagos-road-crash-ambulance-delay-sparks-public-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/08\/lagos-road-crash-ambulance-delay-sparks-public-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Road Crash: Ambulance Delay Sparks Public Outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Emmanuel ibeh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A tragic accident involving three young women on Kingsway Road, Ikoyi, has triggered widespread public anger over the delayed response by emergency medical services in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>The incident, which occurred early Tuesday morning, left two of the victims with severe head injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses say the victims were forced to wait without aid for an ambulance that never arrived, prompting bystanders to transport them to the General Hospital, Lagos, using a private vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>One eyewitness, Agboola Kotun, detailed the ordeal on Facebook, posting photos and expressing frustration over the failure of emergency responders to show up on time.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has renewed public debate about the effectiveness of Lagos State\u2019s emergency response systems. Many residents are questioning whether government investments in health infrastructure have led to real improvements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can a city as big as Lagos still struggle with ambulance delays?\u201d a social media user asked, capturing the mood of many online.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), had not issued any official statements.<\/p>\n<p>Advocacy groups are demanding a full investigation and urgent reforms to prevent future lapses in life-saving emergency care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel ibeh A tragic accident involving three young women on Kingsway Road, Ikoyi, has triggered widespread public anger over the delayed response by emergency medical services in Lagos State. The incident, which occurred early Tuesday morning, left two of the victims with severe head injuries. Witnesses say the victims were forced to wait without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":69998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69997"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70010,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69997\/revisions\/70010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}