No fewer than two people were killed on Tuesday when a truck loaded with boards and plywood tilted and fell on other vehicles on Ojuelegba Bridge in Surulere area of Lagos State.
The accident which happened at about 8.00 p.m. also left two people injured.
The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu, confirmed this when speaking with journalists at the scene of the accident.
His words: “A flat bed truck laden with plywood and finished boards tilted on top of Ojuelegba Bridge and fell on three commercial buses and a Toyota car.
“Unfortunately, two people died while two other people sustained injuries but what we are doing now is recovery.
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“We have removed the vehicles from the road and we have also taken the trucks off the bridge.
“We are now trying to clear the remnants of the plywood at Ojuelegba under-bridge and the top of the bridge.
“That vehicle was definitely overloaded and that was what I think caused the accident. ”
He blamed the loss of lives on the indiscriminate parking of vehicles at Ojuelegba.
According to him, it was wrong to turn Ojuelegba into a bus stop.
“Let’s have free drive under Ojuelegba Bridge,” he said.
It would be recalled that similar accidents had happened at Ojuelegba in the past.
In September 2015, some persons were killed when a vehicle also fell off the bridge.
