Tragedy struck Thursday morning when a trailer carrying a container which was poorly lashed fell on a female pedestrian along Berger axis of Lagos-Ibadan express way. The trailer was heading out of Lagos at about 7a.m when it lost one of its tyres, which resulted in the driver making loosing control of the truck.
As he struggled to regain control of the truck, it tipped over to its right side.
As the truck fell, it landed on the woman, who was walking beside the road, in search of a commercial bus to her destination.
The unnamed woman died instantly while a gridlock formed on the outbound Lagos side of the busy expressway for hours.
Traffic officials are currently at the scene trying to lift the truck and its container with a crane back on the trailer’s tyres.
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