Afrigather Operatives of the Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority on Sunday rescued an injured driver and a motor boy from an empty articulated 40ft flatbed truck that fell off from the bridge by Ijora Olopa inward Apapa space of the state.
The spokesperson for the Company, Adebayo Taofiq, in an announcement made out there to PUNCH On-line, mentioned the incident occurred on account of overspeeding whereas the truck was ascending the bridge.
In accordance with him, LASTMA personnel rescued the motive force in a pool of blood gushing out from his head whereas his assistant sustained a critical waist fracture by his spinal wire.
He mentioned, “A preliminary investigation revealed that the motive force of the articulated 40ft empty flatbed truck misplaced complete management as a consequence of brake failure whereas struggling a ‘Proper of Approach’ (R.O.W) with one other totally loaded truck attempting to climb the Excessive Bridge inward Apapa.
“Instantly the unlucky incident occurred different articulated truck drivers round ‘Sifax’ Firm supported LASTMA personnel and rescued each the motive force and motor boy who had been trapped beneath the truck.
“LASTMA Goriola Jimoh ‘Zebra’ (Zone 22) Apapa who led the rescue operations confirmed that the rescued injured driver and his motor boy had been rushed to the Common Hospital at Apapa for quick medical therapy.”
Adebayo famous additional that the crashed articulated truck was evacuated by officers of the LASEMA Response Unit whereas LASTMA personnel handed over the case to policemen from Ijora-Badia Police Station for additional investigation.
“The Common Supervisor of LASTMA Mr. Bakare Oki, nonetheless, appealed to homeowners of articulated vehicles to all the time perform periodic security coaching and enlightenment campaigns for his or her drivers on the necessity to obey highway indicators velocity restrict whereas driving on highways inside and out of doors the state,” he added.
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