Watch trending video as truck plunges off Lagos bridge, driver escapes death

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An articulated motortruck connected Saturday plunged from a span successful Agege, Lagos, and landed connected 2 commercialized buses
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed that the motortruck operator mislaid power portion navigating the bridge, leaving him with fractures successful some arms
The driver, who sustained superior wounded connected the spot, has been rushed to the General Hospital, Ile-Epo, for urgent aesculapian attention

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Lagos state - On Saturday, April 26, a yet-to-be-identified operator of an articulated motortruck sustained fractures successful some arms aft the motortruck helium was driving plunged from the Pen Cinema Bridge located successful the Agege country of Lagos authorities and fell connected 2 commercialized buses.

truck operator injured arsenic motortruck plunges disconnected Lagos bridge, crashes into buses

The spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, (LASTMA), Adebayo Taofiq, confirmed the incidental successful a connection connected Saturday.

According to Taofiq, the operator of the motortruck mislaid power portion attempting to navigate his mode connected the bridge, starring to the motortruck falling disconnected the bridge, The Punch reported.

He said:

“The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority hereby notifies the wide nationalist of a sedate roadworthy postulation incidental that transpired earlier contiguous on Agege, Old Abeokuta Road, involving a fully-laden motortruck (registration number: GGE 624 YJ) and 2 painted commercialized Volkswagen buses.“LASTMA Officers, responding with singular alacrity, successfully extricated the severely injured operator and instantly entrusted him to officers of the Elere Police Division. He was subsequently conveyed to the General Hospital, Ile-Epo, for urgent aesculapian intervention.”

Grave mishap successful Lagos: LASTMA officers instrumentality action

Continuing, Taofiq noted that the country was cordoned disconnected by LASTMA operatives to forestall a secondary mishap portion officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) cleared the roadworthy of the wreckage.

Reacting to the incident, the LASTMA wide manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, expressed sympathy to the injured operator portion urging motorists to ever workout caution and vigilance.

Legit.ng reported that an accident occurred astatine the Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway connected Monday, April 7, 2025.

A backstage conveyance fell disconnected the Otedola Bridge successful the aboriginal hours of Monday, and the operator was rescued.

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Newlywed couple, others flight decease successful Lagos

Earlier, Legit.ng reported precocious that astatine slightest 16 passengers, including a newlywed couple, cheated death pursuing the collision of a commercialized autobus and a mini motortruck connected Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos state.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), successful a connection by the spokesperson Adebayo Taofiq, said the newlywed mates were returning to the mainland from the Ikoyi Marriage Registry.

According to Taofiq, the mishap occurred erstwhile an LT autobus developed brake nonaccomplishment portion astatine velocity and collided with a mini-truck adjacent Ilaje, heading towards Iyana Oworonsoki axis of Lagos state.

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