A container-laden trailer fell early Wednesday at Oshodi-Isale in Lagos partially blocking the Apapa expressway.
The driver and two others were said to have jumped out of the vehicle which fell around 4a.m.
The accident was said to have been caused by a bad portion of the road.
According to the driver’s escort, who gave his name as Anthony, “We were coming from Apapa wharf heading to Sango-Ota. When we got to this junction, I learnt they had just removed one truck from this same spot. It wasn’t up to 20 minutes we got here, the same thing happened to us. All these are happening due to the poor state of the road, because, we had our flashlights on. We saw the pothole we tried to find the best possible way to avoid it, yet we were trapped. The front tyre went off; the second tyre was inside the pothole and the container fell. It is really bad; we can’t move freely. We face different problems on the road. Look at me, I am hooked up here, I am supposed to go to some places with my family this morning (yesterday), but I can’t now until this (the trailer) leaves here. It is just sad because they know this road is bad but, nobody wants to do anything about it. I don’t know if they derive joy in seeing trucks fall, causing people to lose lots of money before it is repaired.”
A trader, Chukwudi Ason, said he had been using the same route for over two years, adding that the road has always been bad.
He said: “I would appreciate if the government can repair this particular spot because others might not be as lucky as they were. The third person on the trailer was behind the trailer when it fell. If it had landed on someone, it would have been worse. I presume repairing that spot should take only few hours, then why should it be on hold for so long. It is not fair. If it happened in the afternoon, I know it would have been disastrous because of the Yuletide season.”
The motor boy, who didn’t give his name, said he was behind the trailer before the container fell.
He said: “As I wanted to come down from the trailer to sight the condition of the road, the driver rained curses on me and asked me not to come down so I stayed back. It was God that saved me; it was indeed a narrow escape. When the trailer fell, I jumped with force because the container would have pinned my head to the ground. I was still thanking God for saving my life when the thugs around dealt with me mercilessly.”
Also, another accident involving a tanker and a Toyota car occurred at Apapa Wharf Road the same day.
The driver and two others were said to have jumped out of the vehicle which fell around 4a.m.
The accident was said to have been caused by a bad portion of the road.
According to the driver’s escort, who gave his name as Anthony, “We were coming from Apapa wharf heading to Sango-Ota. When we got to this junction, I learnt they had just removed one truck from this same spot. It wasn’t up to 20 minutes we got here, the same thing happened to us. All these are happening due to the poor state of the road, because, we had our flashlights on. We saw the pothole we tried to find the best possible way to avoid it, yet we were trapped. The front tyre went off; the second tyre was inside the pothole and the container fell. It is really bad; we can’t move freely. We face different problems on the road. Look at me, I am hooked up here, I am supposed to go to some places with my family this morning (yesterday), but I can’t now until this (the trailer) leaves here. It is just sad because they know this road is bad but, nobody wants to do anything about it. I don’t know if they derive joy in seeing trucks fall, causing people to lose lots of money before it is repaired.”
A trader, Chukwudi Ason, said he had been using the same route for over two years, adding that the road has always been bad.
He said: “I would appreciate if the government can repair this particular spot because others might not be as lucky as they were. The third person on the trailer was behind the trailer when it fell. If it had landed on someone, it would have been worse. I presume repairing that spot should take only few hours, then why should it be on hold for so long. It is not fair. If it happened in the afternoon, I know it would have been disastrous because of the Yuletide season.”
The motor boy, who didn’t give his name, said he was behind the trailer before the container fell.
He said: “As I wanted to come down from the trailer to sight the condition of the road, the driver rained curses on me and asked me not to come down so I stayed back. It was God that saved me; it was indeed a narrow escape. When the trailer fell, I jumped with force because the container would have pinned my head to the ground. I was still thanking God for saving my life when the thugs around dealt with me mercilessly.”
Also, another accident involving a tanker and a Toyota car occurred at Apapa Wharf Road the same day.
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