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  • Photo: Three confirmed dead as truck falls in Lagos river

    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, had said the Agency received information late last night of an accident involving a Volvo tipper that fell off the Berger bridge in Epe into the Epe river.

    “Upon arrival at the scene of incident, it was discovered that the six (6) Tyre Truck was loaded with Sand .The number of people in the truck was unknown.

    “Since it was the late hours of yesterday night, a combined team of Agency responders, Marine Rescue Unit, Nigeria Police and Local Divers have been carrying out Search and Rescue operations.
    No deaths or casualties confirmed at present,” he had said.

    However, on Saturday, Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed that three adult male were brought out of the River dead.

    ”The six (6) Tyre Truck has been located and retrieved along with the bodies of three adult male.

    “A combined team of Agency responders, Marine Rescue Unit (LASWA & LASEMA), Nigeria Police and Local Divers have been carrying out Search and Rescue operations,” he said.

    He said further search by a team of police and LASEMA was still on.

  • Tragic! Truck crushes 2 women to death on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

    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 8:02 am., added that the truck, marked FST 984 XX, had break failure, lost control and hit the moving motorcycle, with no number plate, killing the women on the spot.
    “The truck and the motorcycle were both on the outbound lane from Lagos when the crash happened due to break failure by the truck, which made the driver to lose control.

    “The truck and the motorcycle as well as the driver are with the police at the Redeemed Police Station,” Akinbiyi said.
    The TRACE spokesman further explained that the rider of the motorcycle disappeared after the accident and was nowhere to be found.
    He added that the bodies of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu.

  • Truck crushes one to death, injures 4 in Abuja

    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.
    “At about 1400 hrs, a BUA truck fully loaded with bags of cement had a failed brake at Kugbo while heading towards Nyanya and ran into a Dangote truck from behind.
    “This situation caused total blockade. However, our men from Emergency Ambulance Service Scheme known as Zebra and Nyanya Unit promptly moved in and created an alternative route through Kugbo mechanic village for gradual movement of traffic.
    “And the four injured person were immediately taken to Nyanya General Hospital and Medical centre Mararaba while a lone corpse from the crash has been deposited at the Mararaba Federal Medical Centre’s mortuary.
    “The Dangote truck has been moved out of the road while our tow truck is still working tirelessly to move the BUA truck as the engine, gear and prime mover are all detached from the tail.
    “The bags of cement are also being moved out of the road, ” he said. (

  • 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 truck, with registration number XC 791 LSR, heading to Lagos from Abeokuta, lost control due to brake failure and rammed into two vehicles and a commercial motorcycle.

    He stated that two males and a female were involved in the accident.

    The unit commander said that the female passenger on the motorcycle was killed by the truck, while those in the vehicles escaped unhurt.

    “The corpse of the victim was later taken to the mortuary of the General Hospital, Ifo in Ogun.” he said.

    Ganiyu advised motorists to ensure that their vehicles were in good condition before putting them on the road.

    He also cautioned them to desist from over speeding that could lead to loss of lives, adding that commercial motorcyclists also should always use their helmets to avoid prevent head injuries in the event of crashes.

  • 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 a Dangote truck was responsible for the accident.

    The company wondered why some journalists rushed to the press without verifying information at their disposal, thereby reporting falsehood.

    It said the truck does not belong to Dangote, as reported by the medium.

    The statement said: “While we commiserate with the families of the deceased and pray for God’s strength to bear the loss of their loved ones, it is important to state that the affected truck does not belong to our company.

    “DIL does not import or produce rice for the market or for any individual or entity. Our trucks are also not meant to carry third party goods as we have consistently requested the public to report any such illegal action by our drivers to us for monetary rewards.”

    The management of DIL recently issued an appeal to the public to monitor and report recklessness and illegal haulage of contraband by any of its truck drivers with a cash reward of N250, 000 per report.

    The company, in a paid advertisement in electronic and print media, warned those “illegally transporting unauthorised goods with the company’s trucks” to desist from such.

    It said the drivers and the owner of such goods would be arrested and prosecuted.

    To clarify its position, the management listed its products and the goods the over 10,000 trucks operating across the country and neighbouring West African countries could convey.

    It said: “Dangote trucks are permitted to transport only the following materials: Dangote Cement Plc – Dangote cement, limestone, high grade gypsum and coal; Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc – Dangote sugar; NASCON Allied Industries Plc – Dangote salt and DanQ seasoning; Agrosacks Industries Limited – Bags; Dangote Flour Mills Plc – Dangote wheat, flour and Danvita.”

     

  • Lagos explosion: LASG confirms 12 dead, to prosecute truck owner, driver

    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 two others died at the hospital.

    Idris urged private hospitals that might have patients from the accident to provide such information to the Ministry of Health for proper collation.

    According to him, of the 12 people who died, 10, including a minor, were taken from the scene of the accident completely burnt to the Yaba Mainland Hospital.

    “Seven people were taken with varying degrees of burns to our various hospitals.

    “First at our Accident and Emergency Centre at the Toll Gate, Trauma and Burns Centre, Gbagada General Hospital and the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.

    “Of the seven, unfortunately, we lost one of them that had a degree greater than 80 per cent burns.

    “Right now, we have only five left and they are being treated. Nobody received any money to treat them. They were treated free of charge.

    “We also received report over the weekend that some cases may have been taken to some other private hospitals.

    “So far, we are aware of only two of the hospitals and one of the victims has died,’’ the commissioner said.

    Idris said that two patients — a 48-year-old and 42-year-old, both males — were taken to the Burns and Plastic Unit, LASUTH.

    He said that one of the two males has been discharged, while the other was stable and responding to treatment.

    “While commiserating with the families of the victims who lost their lives and property in the unfortunate fatal explosion, I wish to state that the state government has left no stones unturned.

    “The government will continue to do the needful in addressing and managing all the issues surrounding the inferno,” he said.

    Also, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Mr. Adeshina Tiamiyu, said that the state government had commissioned the ministry to conduct a DNA analysis of the remains of those burnt to death.

    Tiamiyu said: “Not everybody is required to go for the samples; samples will be taken from one of the relations of the victims, including the father or the mother, child of the victims, siblings or an uncle or aunt.

    “When the relations come, samples will be taken; from there, it will be cross-matched with samples taken from the victims.

    “When these are matched, we will be able to determine who the bodies represent and after this, we will hand them over to the families of the victims.

    “All of these are done free of charge, both the treatment and DNA test,“ he said.

    Tiamiyu said that LASEMA had opened a help desk to help counsel victims’ relations.

    Meanwhile the State’s Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal said the state was perfecting plans to prosecute the owner and driver of the ill-fated truck.

    Already, the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem had at the weekend written to the CP to advise him on the relevant provisions of the law that could guide the ongoing investigation which would lead to possible prosecution.

    Confirming receipt of the letter while briefing Government House Correspondents after the Security Council Meeting chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Edgal said investigations into the incident were ongoing, saying that government would not allow vehicles that pose serious danger to residents on the road.

    The police chief, who briefed journalists alongside heads of other security agencies in the State, specifically commiserated with those who lost their loved ones to the tragic incident, while also commending emergency responders who quickly raced to the scene to keep the causality figure low.

    “As regards investigation into the matter, it is in top gear. I have just received a letter from the office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice which stated very clearly charges which we are going to prefer against the driver and the owner of that tanker.

    “Henceforth, we are using this opportunity to call on all tanker drivers, all lorry drivers, all owners of such articulated vehicles to please submit those vehicles for Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) test; they must go through the entire hub and get the Ministry of Transportation (MOT) Certificate of Road Worthiness. We will not allow such vehicles which obviously pose serious danger to other road users on our roads,” Edgal said.

  • 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 carriages to come off the rails.

    “At 11:20 pm (2120 GMT) the regional train 10027 Turin-Ivrea hit a heavy goods vehicle that had stopped on a functioning level crossing after crashing through the barriers,” RFI, which manages Italy’s rail network, said in a statement.

    Local police said there were between 40 and 50 people in the train, which was the last one running from Turin to the suburb of Ivrea.

    Media reports said four of the injured were in serious condition.

    “According to early information, the driver of the train was killed and many other passengers have been injured,” the statement added.

    The AGI news agency said the second victim was taken to a Turin hospital by helicopter with severe injuries but he did not survive.

    At the time of the accident he was in a van accompanying the heavy goods vehicle, other media reported.

    Italy’s rail operator expressed condolences over the engineer’s death and extended sympathy for the injured and their near ones.

    According to La Stampa newspaper, eyewitnesses said the vehicle, which was registered in Lithuania, was a particularly large and heavy truck. Media reports said it was headed for a warehouse nearby.

    The van that was in front of it passed safely through the level crossing but when the barriers started coming down, the rig failed to brake in time and came to a stop on the tracks, the newspaper said.

    Many others have been hospitalised, including four who are in a serious condition, local media reported.

    AGI said one passenger, a woman, was in a serious condition after sustaining a head injury but she remains conscious.

    Another survivor, Paolo Malgioglio, 23, told the Corriere della Sera newspaper: “Everything happened so fast, I felt the train brake suddenly and then I found myself in hell and around me everything was black.”

    The tragedy follows another accident in April 2017 in the north that killed two people and resulted in the temporary closure of the main railway line between Italy and Austria.

    In July 2016 a collision between two trains in the south of Italy left 23 people dead and 52 others injured.

    AFP

  • [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 Management (LASTMA) and Lagos State Fire Service are already at the scene of the incident to ensure safety.

    See pictures below:

     

  • 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 the number plate KMC 47 ZB, which was travelling to Lagos was said to have hit the commercial bus from behind which forced it off the road and it landed close to the river under Kara bridge.

    Six passengers were said to be inside the commercial bus, and four of them died due to the impact of the accident.

    The Public Relations Officer, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the bus fell off the bridge due to the impact of the push from the truck.

    He said the driver of the truck was speeding and he lost control of the vehicle which made it to hit the bus.

    He said, “The accident occurred around 10.50am on Kara bridge. A Sino truck hit an Urvan commercial bus from behind and it fell off the bridge, landed at a point close to the river under the bridge.

    “Six passengers were inside the bus, two females and four males. Two females and two males died among the passengers while the remaining two were injured. “

    He said the corpses of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary in Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, while the injured were rushed to the Lagos State Emergency Hospital.

    The truck driver and his assistant were said to have been arrested and held in custody at the Ojodu-Abiodun Police Station.

  • [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 receiving a distress call from residents revealed that the head of the containerized truck detached from it body while on motion inward Karra bridge and rammed into a motorcycle with the rider and two passengers while the head of the truck plunged into Isheri Olofi River.

    Unfortunately, a three-year-old boy on the motorcycle lost his life while his mother had a leg fracture.

    However, the mother and the corpse of the boy had since been moved to the nearest hospital by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.

    According to the General Manager of LASEMA, Mr. Tiamiyu Savage, the head of the truck that plunged into the river was later recovered with the aid of the heavy duty equipment Crane with support from the local divers.

    Subsequently, three adult male were extricated and recovered from the truck head and handed over to FRSC officials who moved them down to the morgue.

    Other Agencies on ground for the rescue operation include; the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Ambulance Service, Lagos State Fire Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Police Force from Ojodu, Abiodun and Isheri Police Division and OP Mesa.

    Investigations have however commenced to unravel the cause of the tragic accident.