One person was reportedly killed in an auto crash around the Shitta area of Lagos State, yesterday.
The State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said it “received a distress call through its toll-free emergency numbers 767/112, at 2215hrs on Tuesday night”.
Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement, said the agency activated the state’s emergency response plan, with teams responding from Onipan. This led to the arrival of necessary equipment from Cappa Base, the hub of LASEMA’s heavy-duty equipment, in a five-minute record time.
“Upon arrival of the LASEMA Response Team at the incident scene, it was observed that a Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) PSP compactor truck was involved in a multiple accident when it reportedly suffered mechanical error (disengaged propeller), lost control, and crashed into a Kia Rio Saloon car, registration number unknown, on Shitta bridge. “Further information gathered at the incident scene was that the compactor, thereafter, crashed down the side of the bridge onto a seven-passenger mini-bus and a tricycle, killing the tricyclist instantly on impact.
“The remains of the tricyclist (an adult male) were recovered from the incident scene at the aforementioned address and transported to the Infectious Diseases Hospital, IDH, Yaba, for further processing.
“The three vehicles involved in the multiple accident have been recovered to Iponri Police Station, while the LAWMA PSP compactor truck was recovered to the LAWMA yard in Ijora with the aid of the agency’s heavy-duty equipment at about 2:29 a.m.”
