An helicopter has crashed into a residential building on 16A, Salvation Road in Opebi today, the twenty-eight of August, 2020. The helicopter which came in from Port Harcourt was reported as belonging to Quorum Aviation. A Bell 206, with registration number 5N BQW, and it carried two crew members and a passenger.

Here is a tweet from Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu:

Flash: There's been a helicopter crash in a private house at Opebi area of Lagos. Two people confirmed dead, 1 person badly wounded and has been taken to the hospital. The dead bodies have been deposited at the mortuary.
The Lagos State Emergency services are on ground. pic.twitter.com/7tYtgollIe

— Gboyega Akosile (@gboyegaakosile) August 28, 2020

The crash happened around 12pm. The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor, confirmed that LASEMA operatives have been deployed to the scene.

LASEMA Response Team at Opebi Helicopter Crash, rescue ongoing

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA has activated its resources to the helicopter crash at 16A Salvation Opebi Road, today, Friday, 28th August, 2020.

Operations ongoing. Updates to be forwarded pic.twitter.com/Dmk4cgX3Im

— Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (@followlasema) August 28, 2020

According to the General Manager of LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the team was “able to rescue one person alive and he has been transferred to the Lagos state teaching hospital where he is receiving adequate treatment, but it is pertinent to note that we recovered two bodies and they have been deposited at the mortuary. Based on the investigation carried out, it was due to the impact that led to their mortalities.”

He stressed that stressed that “people on the ground were not affected by the crash.”