A heavy
duty container yesterday skid-ded off the Ojuelegba bridge, in Lagos, landing
on a Nissan saloon car and a Sports Utility Vehicle, SUV, killing three
people in the process.
An
occupant in the Nissan car was dragged out dead when the container was finally
lifted off the vehicles by 9pm.
The
incident, which occurred at about 4.45pm, reportedly caused a
stampede as motorists plying the ever busy route abandoned their vehicles
and fled.
This also
resulted in a multiple accidents, with fleeing motorists and commuters
sustaining varying degrees of injuries in the process.
There
were different accounts as to how the incident occurred. A version said the
truck driver was trying to overtake another truck when the container
skidded off. Another version said that the driver of the truck, who fled
immediately the incident occurred, could have been drunk.
A mammoth
crowd besieged the scene as sympathisers attempted to rescue the trapped driver
of the SUV from the debris of his car. As at 7.20pm, efforts were still
on by combined rescue teams to remove the container from the car.
According
to him: If a container falls without the flat belt, then it means it was not
latch and necessary action would be taken against its owner. But in this case,
the container fell with the flat belt, indicating that it was latch.” The flat
belt was severed from the head of the truck.
“There is
an ongoing operation code named Operation Scorpion initiated from the
Corps , where we are on the the look out for unlatch container and its
still ongoing he said”.
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