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Horror In Lagos As Container Crushes Woman Insider Her Car
By Chiazo Ogbolu
A falling 40-feet container crushed a woman inside her car at the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday.
Her driver, however, survived the accident unhurt, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has stated.
Its Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Mr Taofiq Adebayo, stated that the driver of the articulated truck carrying the container and his assistant fled the scene as soon as the accident occurred.
“Preliminary investigation showed that the fleeing truck driver was driving on high speed when he experienced brake failure and lost control of the vehicle.
“The truck rammed into the car and spilled the container on top of it.
“LASTMA already handed the evacuated corpse of the woman to the police,’’ Adebayo stated.
Meanwhile, besides the news of the woman who was crushed in her car by a falling container, NAN also reports that a hit-and-run driver on Thursday night wounded two pedestrians, a man and woman, on the Badagry end of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, leaving them hospitalised.
The Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, Badagry Unit, Mr William Manga, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry, on Friday that the accident occurred at 8.20 p.m.
He said that the command received information on the accident at 8.25 p.m. and its men arrived at the scene at 8.30 p.m.
“The accident occured at Car Wash, Itoga Junction axis of the Badagry Expressway. It involved an unknown car driver.
“The victims sustained various degrees of injury and fractures,” he said.
Manga said that the victims were rushed to the Emergency Unit of the General Hospital, Badagry, for treatment. He said that N6,980 was recovered from the victims.
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