A woman has met her death at the hands of a fully loaded 40-foot Mack articulated truck at Alapere in Ogudu area of Lagos State.
The deceased whose identity is not known by this medium as at the time of writing this report, was in a Nissan car when the container on the said truck fell on the vehicle she was in on Friday.
According to information making the rounds, the truck was on top speed, and the accident left the woman dead while the driver of the vehicle she occupied with the number ABJ 692 BG survived unhurt.
The killer driver and his motor-boy, it was further gathered fled the scene to avoid mob while the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr Adebayo Taofiq said about the incident in a statement he released, “Preliminary investigations revealed that the driver of Mack articulated 40ft fully-loaded container, while on a high speed, lost control as a result of a brake failure and rammed into a moving Nissan car in motion.
“LASTMA Alabi Olukayode (Zone 2, Ogudu/Alapere) disclosed that the agency handed over the evacuated dead body (woman) to policemen from the Alapere police station.
“LASTMA officials and passers-by, including the LASEMA response unit, were involved in the rescue operations. Other emergency responders at the scene of the fatal accident include the Lagos State Ambulance Service, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, and the police.
“Also at the accident scene were the LASTMA General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki; LASTMA Director of Traffic Incidents, Event Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance, Mr Hakeem Adeosun, and the LASTMA rescue team.”
