A couple has escaped death in Lagos after a container fell on their Lexus Jeep at the Toyota bus stop on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.
The incident happened on Wednesday around 6:35 pm.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, made this known by a statement on Thursday.
Adeseye said the agency officials rescued the couple after responding to the alarm raised by eyewitnesses.
According to her, the agency in response to a distress call moved to the scene, and rescued the couple from the wreckage of their vehicle.
She said the container accidentally fell on the rear side of the Four-Wheel Drive vehicle while in motion.
“A male adult of about 45 years old and a female adult of about 37 years old (both names withheld) were rescued from the jaw of death by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service from a vehicle accident involving their Lexus Jeep 350 with registration number EKY 251 HW and a Mack Trailer with registration number BDG 513 XW conveying two containers of 20 feet each,” the statement reads in part.
It stated further that both victims were joined by the trailer driver who also escaped unscathed and was taken through trauma therapy to ascertain their well-being.
“The remains of the vehicles had been cleared off the path of the highway by LASEMA after men of LASTMA cleared the ensuing traffic backlog with the support of the Nigeria Police from the Ilasamaja Division who had since brought the operations into conclusion,” the statement added.
