Two escape death as truck overturns on Lagos-Ikeja road

At slightest 2 radical narrowly escaped decease on Saturday after a 20-foot instrumentality motortruck overturned pursuing a collision with different motortruck astatine New Garage, on Ikorodu Road successful the Ojota country of Lagos State.

The accident, which progressive a motortruck with registration fig SUL 460 ZY, caused important postulation disruption connected the engaged road.

The motortruck was reportedly carrying 3 radical erstwhile the incidental occurred.

Confirming the accident, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, said the instrumentality motortruck collided with a flat-body motortruck whose operator allegedly fled the country earlier exigency responders arrived.

He said the interaction of the collision caused the container-laden conveyance to overturn, leaving astir fractional of the carriageway obstructed.

Oke-Osanyintolu further disclosed that the collision besides damaged a high-tension energy pole, causing powerfulness cables to autumn crossed the road.

He said the fallen cables created further information and temporarily made the affected conception inaccessible to motorists, pedestrians and exigency personnel.

According to him, 2 occupants of the motortruck sustained injuries successful the crash.

The driver’s adjunct reportedly suffered superior injuries t...