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3 Dead, 2 Injured In Ojuelegba Truck Accident — LASEMA

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UPDATE

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed three people dead, with two others injured in the truck accident that occurred on the Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos State.

Speaking, the LASEMA General Manager, Mr Adesina Tiamiyu confirmed this to Channels TV.

LASEMA GM, Mr Adesina Tiamiyu

He also stated that no truck fell, rather, that a truck conveying a huge load of plywood, swerved and poured its contents down the bridge.

The LASEMA boss also clarified that the truck did not fall off the bridge as reported earlier and that four other vehicles were involved in the accident.

He said, “Three people died, two people injured.  Initially, two people died and after some time, one more person among those who are initially injured eventually died.”

“We got a call at about 8:25 pm from the call system that a truck fell of the bridge in Ojuelegba but when we got here, we discovered that a truck actually did not fall off the bridge but content at the back of the truck which are mainly plywood.

“Obviously overloaded and when it got to the bridge, it tilted and half of the content fell off the bridge and landed on top of four other vehicles – three yellow danfo (commercial) buses and a Toyota Corolla car,” Tiamiyu revealed at the scene of the incident.

He stressed further that the bridge was consequently shut down and vehicles were diverted to enable officials of LASEMA and other emergency agencies to clear off the bridge to prevent a secondary incident.

Agencies who also took part in the rescue effort include the Nigeria Police Force, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and the Red Cross.

Others are LRT, LASTMA, Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), Lagos State Fire Service, and the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps.

Tuesday’s incident is the third incident, two involving containers falling off the Ojuelegba bridge and claiming lives, in the last three years.

One of the incidents in September 2015 killed three members of the same family.

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PREVIOUS REPORT

Container Falls Off Ojuelegba Bridge, Several Dead

Another container just fell off Ojuelegba bridge and landed on a Danfo bus. Quite a number of people are dead.

According to CHANNELS TV, the truck was carrying plywood when it fell off the bridge.

The truck reportedly fell on three commercial buses and a private car under the bridge with many passengers believed to be trapped inside.

Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the Nigerian Red Cross and the Nigeria Police are already seen on ground in an attempt to rescue  possible survivors.

ElombahNews regrets the inaccurate nature of the previous report and console the families of the affected victims of the accident.

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