Another Fallen Truck: See How This 40Ft Container Caused a Total Gridlock in Lagos (Photo)

A truck was said to have been ascending a hill en-route Lagos road, Ikorodu, when it lost control and fell on its side blocking the entire road barely 48hours after the Ojuelegba incident.

 

Barely 48hours after a container truck fell off the Ojuelegba Bridge along Funsho Williams Avenue , Lagos State, killing three persons, another incident had also occurred along the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway, on Friday.

Reports states that no life was lost in this latest incident which occurred at Winners Bus Stop, located between Lagos State Polytechnic and Jubilee Estate in Ikorodu, Lagos State.

According to eye witnesses, the truck was said to be ascending a hill enroute Lagos road, Ikorodu, when it lost control and fell on its side. It fell across the entire breadth of the dual carriage way and prevented both motorists and other vehicles from using the major road.

An eye witness who lives few meters away from the scene, said:

"The accident happened at about 2.30 a.m on Friday. We heard a loud noise and when we came to the scene, we saw that it was a container truck that had fallen. We didn’t see the driver of the truck by the time we arrived."

A resident of the area and a business woman, Folashade Aina, said that cases of fallen articulated vehicles were a regular occurrence on the road. She attributed this to reckless driving, the rickety trucks used by some of the truck owners and the deplorable state of the Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway.

"Incidents of fallen containerised -trucks and petrol tankers are a regular occurrence here, especially because of the many companies and industries that are sited between Lagos and Sagamu in Ogun.

"The trucks are either owned by some of the companies or their contractors. Imagine if such a loaded truck falls on someone’s car, it will take the grace of God for the occupants to survive it and be alive. We are lucky this one happened early in the morning; otherwise, it no doubt that it would have claimed lives. We should thank God that no life was lost in this latest incident," Aina said.