Container-laden Truck Falls On Bus, Kills Two In Lagos

Two yet-to-be-identified persons lost their lives
on Friday night when a container-laden truck
fell on a commercial bus in Ijesha bus-stop
area of Odo-Olowu in Lagos.

It was gathered that the truck loaded with an
empty 40-feet container suffered brake failure
and rammed into the stationary bus.

Due to the impact of the collision, the container
reportedly fell on the bus and killed two
passengers on the spot.

Other passengers including the bus driver were
injured.

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency
Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-
Osanyintolu, said the injured victims were
taken to hospital for treatment.

He said the agency received a distress call that
an empty 40-feet container had killed two
persons in an accident.

Oke-Osanyintolu said those, who died had
been identified as a male and female.

This incident comes barely a month after two
workers of the Federal Aviation Authority of
Nigeria were crushed to death in similar
circumstances in Ojota, Lagos.