Man dies, spouse injured as truck crushes automobile in Lagos

A motorist was killed on Thursday morning whereas his spouse was critically injured after a granite-laden truck toppled onto their Toyota saloon automobile at Eleko Junction alongside the Lekki–Ajah Expressway, Lagos State.

This was contained in a press release signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Division of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq.

“Preliminary safety briefings reveal that an articulated truck, closely burdened with granite and travelling at an inordinate velocity from the Epe axis, was approaching Eleko Junction when it reportedly skilled a catastrophic brake malfunction.

“The mechanical failure precipitated an abrupt lack of vehicular management, inflicting the truck to profession off its designated path and collide forcefully with a Toyota saloon automobile travelling from Ajah inward Epe,” the assertion partly learn.

LASTMA mentioned the affect prompted the truck to overturn and crush the smaller car, trapping the driving force contained in the wreckage.

Officers of the company and the Federal Highway Security Corps, with the assistance of bystanders, reportedly rescued the victims, however the man was confirmed useless on the scene, whereas his spouse sustained life-threatening accidents and was rushed for pressing medical consideration.

The company mentioned the truck driver fled the scene instantly after the crash, whereas operatives of the Akodo Police Division offered safety throughout the rescue operation.

The Normal Supervisor of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, described the incident as avoidable, urged motorists and truck drivers to make sure correct car upkeep, and warned in opposition to reckless driving.