A mom and her child have died after two container-laden trucks overturned at Mile 2, close to Freeman Market, inward Apapa, Lagos.
Vanguard newspaper reported on Sunday that the victims had been trapped beneath the trucks and their containers in the accident, which occurred over the weekend.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) mentioned its rescue crew evacuated the victims and cleared the wreckage. Traffic was diverted by way of an adjoining service lane whereas a crane and a heavy-duty tow car had been used to take away the overturned trucks and containers. Police officers secured the scene throughout the operation.
The victims’ stays had been taken to the police mortuary in Yaba.
LASTMA General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, known as for an investigation to find out the reason for the crash, together with whether or not mechanical faults, overloading, improper cargo distribution or driver negligence performed a task.
He urged truck operators to make sure their autos had been roadworthy and their hundreds correctly secured.
The accident comes weeks after one other crash involving two trucks, a industrial bus and 9 bikes at First Gate, inward Mile 2, alongside the Mile 2-Seme Expressway, left 4 individuals critically injured.
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The 6 October crash concerned two Mack trucks, one carrying a 20-foot container. LASTMA mentioned preliminary findings advised that one of many trucks may need suffered brake failure, inflicting the motive force to lose management and collide with the opposite autos.
The injured victims, three males and a girl, sustained a number of fractures to their legs and arms and had been taken to hospital for therapy.
LASTMA mentioned the drivers concerned in that crash had been handed over to the police for investigation and potential prosecution.
The reason behind the most recent accident has not been established.
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