A truck loaded with boards and plywood veered off Ojuelegba bridge and emptied its content on three commercial buses and a Toyota Corolla Camry, killing two passengers and wounding many.
This was confirmed by Adesina Tiamiyu, General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA). According to him, the accident occurred at 8.p.m, as two persons died when a truck loaded with boards and plywood tilted on the Ojuelegba Bridge, Surulere, Lagos State late on Tuesday.
The remnants of the plywood were being cleared LASEMA and other security officials, to ease vehicular movement in the area.
Tiamiyu said, “A flat bed truck laden with plywood and finished boards tilted on top of Ojuelegba bridge and fell on three commercial buses and a Toyota Corolla Camry.
“Unfortunately, two people died while two other people sustained injuries but what we are doing now is recovery.
“We have removed the vehicles from the road and we have also taken the trucks off the bridge.
“We are now trying to clear the remnants of the plywood at Ojuelegba under-bridge and the top of the bridge.
“That vehicle was definitely overloaded and that was what I think caused the accident, ” Tiamiyu said.
He urged commercial drivers to park at designated bus-stops and to stop parking indiscriminately, adding that the accident claimed lives because commercial buses were parked indiscriminately.
He said, “Commercial drivers should not turn Ojuelegba into a bus-stop. Let’s have free drive under Ojuelegba Bridge."
Similar accident occurred in September 2015, in which three members of the same family died, the relations are pursuing a N10billion compensation suit at the Lagos High Court. Both the Lagos and Federal governments, along with the owners of the truck, are defendants in the case.
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