Friday, June 7, 2013
It was gridlock yesterday for motorist and passengers in Lagos, as the roads around Ikeja, Ajao, Mafoluku, Oshodi, and environs experienced a near no-movement-traffic jam. This was caused by a loaded 40-foot container that fell on
a government meat van yesterday June 6th, crushing a passerby and
wounding several others. The sad event took place at Ikeja-Along Bus Stop on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Lagos.
Eyewitnesses said the truck had swerved
off the road to avoid colliding with some policemen, who were chasing a
motorcycle rider, before the incident occurred around 9am.
The victim, identified as Samuel
Ogunnaike, was an employee of a popular phone dealer in Computer
Village, Ikeja, and was on his way to the office when he met his death. Any hope that he could survive the
accident was dashed after he was trapped for about four hours before his
body was retrieved from the wreckage.
It was an unimaginable traffic situation for Lagosians who live or do their businesses around the location, the traffic jam caused many people to get home very late in the night. God save us.
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