Tag: truck
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Photo: Three confirmed dead as truck falls in Lagos river
Three people have been confirmed dead as a truck fell into the Epe River from Berger Bridge late Friday night. As at Friday night, the number of people in the six tyres truck were uncertain as rescue officials could do nothing this Saturday morning. Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA,…
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Tragic! Truck crushes 2 women to death on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Two women were, on Saturday, crushed to death in an accident involving a Mack truck and a motorcycle around Lotto, beside NNPC filling station, on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi, who said that the accident occurred around…
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Truck crushes one to death, injures 4 in Abuja
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said one person was crushed to death and four others were injured by a truck on Sunday at Kugbo along Nyanya road, Abuja. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr Bisi Kazeem who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the accident occured at about 2pm.…
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Truck kills woman on commercial motorcycle
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Sunday, confirmed the killing of a woman in an accident on Toll Gate-Sango Ota in Ogun. Mr Akeem Ganiyu, the Sango-Ota Unit Commander of FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota that the accident happened at about 12.45 am. on Sunday. Ganiyu explained that a…
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Ekiti killer truck not ours – Dangote
Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has denied the ownership of the truck that caused the accident at Iworoko Ekiti. Fifteen people allegedly died in the accident on Saturday night. In a statement on Sunday, the management of Dangote Industries Limited frowned at what it called the misleading and unverified report carried by an online medium that…
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Lagos explosion: LASG confirms 12 dead, to prosecute truck owner, driver
The Lagos State Government on Monday confirmed twelve casualties in the June 28 petrol tanker explosion on Otedola Link Bridge. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, made this known at a news conference in Lagos. According to him, 10 of the victims, including a minor, died at the scene of the accident, while…
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Two dead, 20 injured in train-truck collision
Two people were killed and 20 others injured after a train crashed into a rig truck near the northern Italian city of Turin and derailed, Italian media said Thursday. The incident occurred late Wednesday when the train hit a large truck that had stopped on a level crossing near the town of Caluso, causing three…
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[Photo News] Danger as petrol laden truck tumbles on Berger Bridge
There was pandemonium on Thursday evening as a truck fully loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) fell off the busy Berger bridge in Lagos, TheNewsGuru.com authoritatively reports. Following the fall, the bridge and other adjoining roads are soaked with fuel. However, as at the time of filing this report, officials of the Lagos State Traffic…
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Four dead, two injured, as truck collides with commercial bus on Kara bridge
Tragedy struck again on Friday on the Kara bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as a truck collided with a commercial bus causing the death of four persons while two others sustained various degree of injuries. Traffic report indicated that the accident involved a Sino truck carrying a container and a commercial bus. The truck with…
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[Photos] 3-year-old boy, three others die as truck rams into motorcycle on Karra Bridge
There was pandemonium on Wednesday at the Kara Bridge end of the Lagos Ibadan Express Way as a 20 feet containerized truck with unknown plate number rammed into a motorcycle with rider and two passengers. Investigations by the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) who arrived at the scene of the incident early this morning after…