One person, a yet-to-be-identified young adult male, was reportedly killed in a lone accident, yesterday, involving a truck with an unknown registration number at Otedola Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, after falling off the bridge. VANGUARD reportsInformationGuideNigeria
The accident resulted in gridlock for long hours, as motorists were directed to use alternative routes to avoid being caught in traffic.NYSC Portal
According to the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the accident occurred when the truck driver was descending the hill from the Mobil filling station, inward Otedola Estate while trying to avoid a collision with another vehicle.
Oke-Osanyitolu, added that in the process, the driver lost control and crashed into the side of the bridge.
In the process, the truck overturned with some of the product (wheat) spilling on the road and blocking the entire route under the bridge inward Otedola estate.JAMB Result
“A young adult male, one of the occupants of the truck fell off the bridge and lost his life.
“The agency’s Crane has been dispatched for the swift recovery of the impediment,” Oke-Osanyitolu stated.
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