A yet-to-be-identified cart pusher has been cr¥§hed to d€ath after a container truck fully loaded with concrete stones f£ll on him at Goye by UBA inward Dopemu area of Lagos.
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) who disclosed this in a statement said the fatal accid£nt occurred on Sunday, May 28, 2023.
LASTMA official, Badmus Abdul-Akeem, of Zone 32, Dopemu Akowonjo, who led the rescue team disclosed that the victim di€d instantly.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of the container lost full concentration while dr@gging road on top speed with another trailer before fallen off the road blocking the entire BRT corridor inward Dopemu.
He confirmed that while the driver of the fallen truck ran away, LASTMA officials retrieved a photocopy of his driver’s license at the accid£nt scene.
According to him, “After noticing a tr@pped body underneath a fallen container, we called the LASEMA Response Unit (LRU) and Police men from Gowon Divisional Police Headquarters for immediate rescue operations and investigations.
While LASEMA Response Unit (LRU) evacuated the fallen container off the brt corridor, the recovered d€ad was handed over to members of the Hausa community around Dopemu area after they mobilized themselves to scene of the accid€nt to with dang€rous w€apons.“
