The incident, it was gathered, happened around 10.45p.m. Emergency responders have recovered the bodies and taken them to a morgue.
The Director-General of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident.
It was gathered that the truck, loaded with an empty 40-foot container, suddenly suffered brake failure and rammed into a stationary truck, and the container fell off.
However, the driver of the ill-fated truck was rescued by LASEMA personnel, who took the injured man to a hospital.
“Sadly, two adult females lost their lives and their remains have been transported by State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit, SEHMU, to the mortuary,” Oke-Osanyintolu stated.
In recent times, cases of containers falling of trucks a killing motorists and passengers along the Oshodi-Apapa stretch have become frequent.
Two staff members of FAAN where victims earlier in the month, while on July 26, another container fell on a commercial bus, killing two. Both incidents were at Ilasa Bus Stop, a few kilometres from Odo-Olowu Bus Stop, where today’s incident occurred.
source https://www.ladunliadinews.com/2020/08/40-foot-container-falls-on-2-women-in.html
About BlogindoorBlogindoor.com Is A Top Tech Blog That Provides Free And Cheap Browsing Cheats On Mtn, Etisalat, 9mobile, Glo And Airtel, Latest Phone And PC Updates, Tweaking Guides And Tech News.
No comments:
Post a Comment