LAGOS — No fewer than three
persons were feared dead, Tuesday, when a container fell off an
articulated truck along Apapa/Oshodi expressway and landed on commuters
waiting for buses at Otto-Wharf bus-stop, killing three of them. Others
reportedly sustained injuries.
persons were feared dead, Tuesday, when a container fell off an
articulated truck along Apapa/Oshodi expressway and landed on commuters
waiting for buses at Otto-Wharf bus-stop, killing three of them. Others
reportedly sustained injuries.
According to
reports, the driver of the truck with number plate XG 616 UWN attempted
to overtake a vehicle at the bus-stop, at about 2.30pm, and suddenly the empty
container fell off, landing on unsuspecting commuters.
reports, the driver of the truck with number plate XG 616 UWN attempted
to overtake a vehicle at the bus-stop, at about 2.30pm, and suddenly the empty
container fell off, landing on unsuspecting commuters.
When
Vanguard arrived the scene, a Federal Road Safety Corps official who identified
himself simply as Chigbo said the truck driver was on high speed and
could not control it when he got to the bus-stop.
Vanguard arrived the scene, a Federal Road Safety Corps official who identified
himself simply as Chigbo said the truck driver was on high speed and
could not control it when he got to the bus-stop.
The driver
of a car and two other persons waiting to board buses to their respective
destinations, according to him, were affected, adding that the container was
removed and the victims rushed to an undisclosed hospital.
of a car and two other persons waiting to board buses to their respective
destinations, according to him, were affected, adding that the container was
removed and the victims rushed to an undisclosed hospital.
Source: Vanguard
