By Capital Watch Media
Tragedy struck, yesterday, on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, following a multiple auto crash that claimed the life of a policeman.
A Volvo truck with number plate FKJ 484 YA, laden with goods and driving inward Arepo, apparently experienced brake failure and crashed into a Mercedes bus in motion, on Kara end of the expressway.
In the driver’s bid to control the truck, it fell on a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number BWR 371 XC, which was parked by the roadside.
A policeman with an undisclosed identity, attached to the Mobile Police Division, Ikeja, who was riding a motorcycle to the office, got trapped under the truck and died on the spot.
The incident caused a hitch in the flow of traffic on the expressway.
Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, explained that when the agency received a distress call about the incident at about 6:44 a.m., it activated its Response Team from the Command Control Centre, Alausa, Ikeja.
Highlighting the action taken upon arrival, he said: “The commodity was extricated using the agency’s heavy-duty equipment- the Super Metro, bagged, and taken to the Ojodu Police Station for further processing.”
