Imagine if such a loaded truck falls on
someone’s car, it will take the grace of God for
the occupants to survive it and be alive
Forty-eight hours after a 40-foot container truck
fell off the
Ojuelegba Bridge along Funsho Williams
Avenue, Lagos State, killing three persons,
another incident had also occurred along the
Ikorodu-Sagamu Expressway, on Friday.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no
life was lost in this latest incident which occurred
at Winners Bus Stop, located between Lagos State
Polytechnic and Jubilee Estate in Ikorodu, Lagos
State.
The truck with a Lagos licence number plate ,
JJJ-933 XA, was said to be ascending a hill en-
route Lagos road, Ikorodu, when it lost control
and fell on its side.
It fell across the entire breadth of the dual
carriage way and prevented both motorists and
other vehicles from using the major road.
An eyewitness, simply identified as
Kabiru, who
lives few meters away from the scene, told NAN
that " the accident happened at about 2.30 a.m on
Friday.
" We heard a loud noise and when we came to the
scene, we saw that it was a container truck that
had fallen.
" We didn't see the driver of the truck by the time
we arrived ’’.A resident of the area, Mrs
Chioma Amadi said,
" This sort of accident used to happen here, and
on some occasion lives are lost.
" A similar fatal accident happened here about four
years ago which claimed the life of a polytechnic
lecturer's pregnant wife.
" But the government has failed to address our
plight’’.Another resident and a business woman, Mrs
Folashade Aina, said that cases of fallen
articulated vehicles were a regular occurrence on
the road.
She attributed this to reckless driving, the rickety
trucks used by some of the truck owners and the
deplorable state of the Ikorodu-Sagamu
Expressway.
" Incidents of fallen containerised -trucks and
petrol tankers are a regular occurrence here,
especially because of the many companies and
industries that are sited between Lagos and
Sagamu in Ogun.
" The trucks are either owned by some of the
companies or their contractors.
" Imagine if such a loaded truck falls on
someone’s car, it will take the grace of God for
the occupants to survive it and be alive.
" We are lucky this one happened early in the
morning; otherwise, it no doubt that it would have
claimed lives.
" We should thank God that no life was lost in this
latest incident. ''Mr
Ganiu Adekanbi, a panel-beater in the area
wondered why the recurring cases of fallen trucks
in the area had yet to be addressed.
" On Wednesday, it was at Ojuelegba, today it is
here in Ikorodu. Imagine the thousands of people
who ply this road daily and each time an accident
occurs ,the entire road becomes impassable .
" Think of the ripple economic effect of the delays
this will cause, people are stranded, businesses
suffer and money is lost.
" The Lagos State Government should find a
lasting solution as well as penalise owners of
such trucks. ''Adekanbi said that alternative roads should be
constructed to ease the challenges commuters
and motorists faced on the road.
Meanwhile, many passengers who had hitherto
boarded other vehicles either abandoned them or
boarded commercial motorcycles.
On their part, commercial motorcyclists who plied
the route took advantage of the situation to hike
fares.
For instance, the fare on a trip between
Odogunyan Bus-Stop and Garage Roundabout on
the Lagos Road, in Ikorodu, which normally goes
for N150 has now risen to between N200 and
N250.
NAN reports that the 40-foot truck had yet to be
removed as at the time of filing this report.
An official of the
Lagos State Traffic Management
Agency ,(LASTMA) who did not want to be named,
said, "t his is going to be a major exercise.
" We are aware of the delays this will cause most
motorists and commuters, but we are doing
everything to ensure that impatient and
indiscipline motorists don't cause further chaos " .We are expecting the towing trucks to arrive any
moment
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