Driver killed as trucks collide on Ojuelegba bridge
A truck driver died on Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos on Monday when he got trapped in a multiple collision involving two other trucks.
His assistant escaped unscathed, however.
Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the permanent secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), made the announcement.
“A LASEMA Response Team encountered a multiple accident which involved three articulated trucks on Ojuelegba bridge at 1:37 a.m. while returning from a recovery operation in the Ijora axis of Lagos,” Mr Oke-Osanyintolu explained.
The collision involved two trucks laden with sand and a third laden with chicken feed. The lead truck, laden with sand, reportedly suffered a mechanical error in motion, resulting in a sudden halt.
“The two other trucks, speeding from the rear, rammed into the first truck, trapping the deceased,” said Mr Oke-Osanyintolu.
Mr Oke-Osanyintolu added that the corpse had been extricated and taken to a mortuary.
“All affected vehicles have been recovered off the bridge to the LASTMA office at Iponri, Surulere. The Ojuelegba Bridge has been re-opened for safe and easy vehicular movement,’’ he stated.
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