LAGOS — No fewer than three persons
were feared dead, Tuesday, when a container fell off an articulated
truck along Apapa/Oshodi expressway and landed on commuters waiting for
buses at Otto-Wharf bus-stop, killing three of them. Others reportedly
sustained injuries.
According to reports, the driver of the truck with number plate
XG 616 UWN attempted to overtake a vehicle at the bus-stop, at about 2.30pm,
and suddenly the empty container fell off, landing on unsuspecting commuters.
When Vanguard arrived the scene, a Federal Road Safety Corps official
who identified himself simply as Chigbo said the truck driver was
on high speed and could not control it when he got to the bus-stop.
The driver of a car and two other persons waiting to board buses
to their respective destinations, according to him, were affected, adding that
the container was removed and the victims rushed to an undisclosed hospital.
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