A truck driver who is yet to be identified has been killed in a crash at Agric bus stop in Lagos State’s Ikorodu district.
Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said in a statement on Wednesday that a 40ft container fell off the back of the truck during the crash and that it had been removed from the road.
Oke-Osanyintolu stated that the suspected cause of the accident was brake failure, and that the driver’s body was recovered from the scene and the truck was turned over to State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit officials.
According to the statement, “Upon the arrival of the agency’s LRTs to the scene of the incident, an articulated truck conveying a 40ft container was discovered involved in a lone accident at the location.
“The accident was attributed to a brake failure, loss of control that led to the crash of the truck and its 40ft container on the main road, hitting the BRT demarcation and pedestrian bridge pillar, which effectively shut down the entire expressway.
“The trapped truck driver in the cabin who lost his life in the incident has been extricated with light duty rescue equipment in the ongoing operation and duly handed over to officials from the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit.”
While the operation was ongoing, the agency advised motorists on the axis and those intending to travel through the area to take alternate routes.
