Tipper truck crushes motorcyclist to death in Lagos

A yet-to-be-identified motorcyclist has been crushed to decease aft a tipper motortruck loaded with soil reportedly rammed into a motorcycle astatine Ilasa Bus Stop, inward Mile 2, Lagos State.

The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this successful a connection connected Thursday.

According to Oke-Osanyintolu, the clang occurred astatine astir 3:18 p.m. and progressive the tipper truck, marked 19F 992FG, and a motorcycle.

He said the agency’s Eagle Response Team stationed astatine Cappa was mobilised to the country aft receiving a distress telephone and arrived wrong an estimated 15 minutes.

A preliminary appraisal indicated that the tipper operator allegedly mislaid power of the conveyance earlier hitting the motorcycle from behind.