Truck crushes woman to death as LASEMA clears FESTAC incident

Etim Ekpimah

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, today Thursday 22nd September 2022 recovered one dead adult female from an incident scene at FESTAC First Gate.

Head, Public Affairs-LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor said the incident which was escalated to the agency via the Toll-Free Emergency number 112, happened when a truck suffered mechanical failure close to the entrance of FESTAC Town in the afternoon.

According to him, the Situation Report emanating from the Office of the Permanent Secretary LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu regarding the road accident at First Gate of FESTAC Town has it that: “On arrival of LRT at the scene of the incident, it was discovered that a truck with an unknown registration number was involved in a lone accident at the aforementioned location.

“Further information gathered at the incident scene revealed that the immediate cause of the accident was due to a mechanical malfunction that resulted in brake failure.”

He noted that unfortunately, the brake failure which resulted from the mechanical malfunction led to the death of an adult female. A beggar who was crushed in the process of the accident.

“The victim has been bagged by LRT and handed over to the State Environmental Monitoring Unit (SEHMU) for deposit in the morgue.

“LRT, LRU Pre-Hospital Care, SEHMU and NPF were responders at the incident scene. “The accident truck was successfully recovered off the road to LASTMA YARD in Mile 2 with the aid of a private tow truck provided by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), Okunbor stated.