A driver and his motorboy had been significantly injured after a 40ft truck they had been using in fell off the Apapa bridge.
The reason for the accident isn’t but identified however sources stated it might not be unconnected with overspeeding inflicting the car to skid off the bridge.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Director of Public Affairs Enlightenment Division of LASTMA, Taofiq Adebayo, stated;
“Operatives of the Lagos State Visitors Administration Authority (LASTMA) this morning rescued a significantly injured driver and a motor boy from an empty articulated 40ft flat mattress truck that fell off from the excessive bridge inward Apapa.
The incident occurred whereas the over dashing truck was climbing the excessive bridge instantly reverse ‘Sifax’ Firm by Ijora ‘Olopa’ inward Apapa. The injured driver was rescued by Lastma personnel in a pool of blood gushing out from his head whereas the motor boy sustained a critical waist fracture by his spinal twine.”A preliminary investigation revealed that the driving force of the articulated 40ft empty flat mattress truck misplaced whole management as a result of brake failure whereas struggling a ‘Proper of Manner’ (R.O.W) with one other absolutely loaded truck making an attempt to climb the Excessive Bridge inward Apapa.
Instantly the unlucky incident occurred different articulated truck drivers round ‘Sifax’ Firm supported Lastma personnel and rescued each the driving force and motor boy who had been trapped underneath the truck.”LASTMA Goriola Jimoh ‘Zebra’ (Zone 22) Apapa who led the rescue operations confirmed that the rescued injured driver and his motor boy had been rushed to the Normal Hospital at Apapa for rapid medical remedy.
The crashed articulated truck was evacuated by Officers of the Lasema Response Unit (LRU) whereas Lastma personnel handed over the case to Police males from Ijora – Badia Police Station for additional investigation.
The Normal Supervisor of LASTMA Mr. Bakare Oki nevertheless, appealed to homeowners of articulated vans to all the time perform periodic security coaching and enlightenment campaigns for his or her drivers on the necessity to obey highway indicators velocity restrict whereas driving on highways inside and outdoors the State.”