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LASEMA DG, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu
A yet-to-be-identified truck driver has misplaced his life throughout a crash at Agric bus cease, within the Ikorodu space of Lagos State.
The Everlasting Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Administration Company, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a press release on Wednesday, stated a 40ft container fell off the again of the truck throughout the crash, including that the container had been faraway from the street.
Oke-Osanyintolu stated the suspected explanation for the accident was brake failure, including that the corpse of the driving force was recovered from the scene and the truck handed over to officers of the State Environmental Well being Monitoring Unit.
The assertion learn, “Upon the arrival of the company’s LRTs to the scene of the incident, an articulated truck conveying a 40ft container was found concerned in a lone accident on the location.
“The accident was attributed to a brake failure, lack of management that led to the crash of the truck and its 40ft container on the principle street, hitting the BRT demarcation and pedestrian bridge pillar, which successfully shut down all the expressway.
“The trapped truck driver within the cabin who misplaced his life within the incident has been extricated with gentle obligation rescue gear within the ongoing operation and duly handed over to officers from the State Environmental Well being Monitoring Unit.”
The company directed motorists plying the axis and people with the intent of traversing the realm to make use of other routes whereas the operation was ongoing.
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