on today feared killed after a container smashed their
vehicle in Lagos.
The incident, which occurred around 5:00pm at the busy
Ikorodu Road, by Ojuelegba, was said to have caused
heavy gridlock on the axis.
We gathered that the about five tons
container which was being conveyed by a heavy duty truck
on the bridge, overturned and fell to the ground.
The situation which was said to have frightened onlookers,
made several motorists including the driver of a white
vehicle hit by the container to flee for their lives.
But unfortunately, the driver of the SUV, said to be a
female, and another person were trapped underneath the
container, which completely smashed the vehicle.
It took the combine effort of the Federal Fire Service,
whose office is located around Ojuelegba and other good
samaritans to evacuate the container.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson, National
Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye,
said there was just one occupant in the black SUV.
Farinloye, who said other rescue agencies were yet to get
to the scene at the time of filing the report, disclosed that
they were trapped in the gridlock caused by the accident.
