A fully loaded 40ft Mack articulated truck fell on a Nissan Car (ABJ 692 BG) and instantly killed a woman inside the car along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday, April 12, 2024..
The car’s driver, however, survived the accident unhurt.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Taofiq Adebayo, confirmed the incident in a statement.
He said the driver of the articulated truck and his assistant fled the scene after the accident.
The statement read: “Preliminary investigation showed that the fleeing truck driver was driving at high speed when he experienced brake failure and lost control a result of a brake failure and rammed into a moving Nissan car on motion by N.N.P.C inward Alapere, Ogudu along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Lagos.
LASTMA Alabi Olukayode (Zone 2, Ogudu/Alapere) disclosed that LASTMA handed over the evacuated dead body (woman) to Police men
“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.”
