No fewer than three persons were crushed to death yesterday when a
40-feet containerized vehicle fell on a Mazda car on the Badagry-Seme
Expressway.
The accident which occurred at about 1.15p.m, was attributed to the
bad road which has been a nightmare to commuters and other users of the
road.
The containerized vehicle with registration number XT 339 AKD was
said to be conveying some goods when it lost control and fell on the
car, with four occupants. Three of the passengers died instantly, while
the driver was in a critical condition.
The accident caused a heavy traffic while passers-by went on an
immediate rescue mission of the trapped persons, before officials of
Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and Lagos State Traffic Management
Authourity, LASTMA, came to the scene of the accident.
Three of the occupants pulled out from the crushed car had already
died. Vanguard learnt that the driver of the truck fled immediately the
accident occurred.
Eye witnesses said that the bad portion of the road has been
left because of the on going reconstruction and that the danger has
been there all along.
“For the fact that the road is no longer manageable, road users often
drive against traffic to avoid container carrying trucks; now it has
claimed lives,” exclaimed a regular road user.
The accident attracted a lot of condemnations of the government
towards its people, with an eye-witness saying; “This is an indication
that we are all driving on a time bomb. It could be I or you tomorrow”
As at the time LASTMA officials arrived the scene of the accident
with a towing van in order to lift the container off the compressed car,
a large number good spirited Nigerians, who swung into action almost
immediately the accident occurred, had already evacuated the passengers
on board the car with registration number UK 641 KJA.
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