Driver escapes death as truck catches fire near Otedola Bridge in Lagos

A yet-to-be-identified motortruck operator narrowly escaped decease connected Saturday evening aft a Mack motortruck carrying an bare 20-foot instrumentality was engulfed successful flames on the Alausa Secretariat axis inward Otedola Bridge connected the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The incidental occurred soon aft a akin fatal detonation was recorded on the Lekki-Epe corridor, wherever a operator and his adjunct reportedly mislaid their lives successful a collision involving a trailer and a state tanker.

Emergency responders, including officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, were rapidly deployed to the country and succeeded successful containing the fire.

Eyewitness accounts indicated that the motortruck abruptly went up successful flames portion successful motion, forcing the operator to bring the conveyance to a halt earlier escaping the inferno. He reportedly sustained insignificant injuries.

The swift involution of exigency operatives helped forestall the occurrence from spreading further, averting what could person resulted successful a much terrible incidental on the engaged expressway.

Their coordinated effect besides ensured a accelerated clearance of the affected route, restoring postulation travel and reducing disruption to commuters.

Reacting to the development, the General Manager of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, reiterated the agency’s committedness to support lives and spot connected Lagos roads.

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