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Container Falls Off, Kills Woman Inside Her Car In Lagos
The truck rammed into the car and spilled the container on top of it.
Ikeja, Lagos State– Tragedy struck on Friday as a 40-foot container killed a woman inside her car at the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Disclosing the incident to the Newsmen, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, stated that the the driver survived the accident unhurt,
Its Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Taofiq Adebayo, stated that the driver of the articulated truck carrying the container and his assistant fled the scene as soon as the accident occurred.
“Preliminary investigation showed that the fleeing truck driver was driving on high speed when he experienced brake failure and lost control of the vehicle.
“The truck rammed into the car and spilled the container on top of it.
“LASTMA already handed the evacuated corpse of the woman to the police,” Mr Adebayo stated.