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  • Apapa gridlock: Stay out of Lagos, LASG orders truck drivers

    Sequel to the incessant gridlocks witnessed at the Apapa axis of Lagos, the State Government on Friday directed owners and operators of articulated vehicles/trailers and petroleum tankers to stay away from its borders for now.

    The state government in a press conference jointly addressed by officials of the State as well as members of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, regretted that the incessant traffic bottleneck had impacted negatively on the commercial activities of the citizenry, adding that the directive would be enforced to eliminate the current hardship being faced by motorists.

    Addressing the briefing, the State’s Acting Commissioner for Transportation, Prince Olanrewaju Elegushi said investigations revealed that the traffic lockdown was a direct result of the challenges being faced by operators of the ports’ which had made it impossible for them to load the articulated vehicles/trailers that have come from the hinterland to evacuate imported items from the ports.

    He said the gridlock was worsened by the current rehabilitation of some major roads and other minor roads which necessitated the closure of some roads in Apapa, noting that the situation had led to the traffic bottleneck and backflow of the articulated vehicles to as far as Ojuelegba on the Funsho Williams Avenue, Surulere.

    Explaining the reason for the State’s directive, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, said the Apapa gridlock had also become a reoccurring problem due to constant breakdown of operations at the Ports.

    “Clearly, it is the breakdown of operations at the Port that is the monster causing this reoccurring issue. We keep having this issue of gridlock in Apapa because issues that the Ports Authorities and the concessionaires are dealing with are recurrent and the spillover effect of those issues are causing all these.

  • Sad! Truck kills nursing mother in Ogun

    A Nursing mother of a three-month-old baby was on Saturday killed by a Mercedes Benz truck in Orile Elmo junction on Siun-Sagamu interchange expressway.

     

    Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident in Abeokuta.

     

    Akinbiyi said the accident was caused by speeding and dangerous driving by the truck driver.

     

    “The accident was caused by speeding and reckless driving by the truck driver. The truck ran over the woman while attempting to cross the road to the other side to Siun and killed her.

     

    “We were made to understand that the woman was nursing a three-month-old baby before her sudden death.

     

    “The driver of the truck with registration number PKP 464 XA is on the run while the police are making efforts to tow the truck to their station,” the TRACE spokesman said.

     

    He said the remains of the woman had been handed over to her family.

  • Tragedy as truck crushes 9 to death in Edo

    There was pandemonium early Tuesday morning at the Oka market, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State after a truck driver rammed into a commercial bus killing no fewer than nine persons.

    It‎ was gathered that the incident occurred on Eguasco Street at about 6am. Those killed include two children and a bus driver.

    The driver of the bus, whose identity could not be ascertained, had slowed down his vehicle to pick up some passengers going to third junction when the truck rammed into the bus from the rear.

    The driver of the truck reportedly escaped as soon the accident occurred.

    A resident in the area, who identified himself as Eken, said that at least, 6 of the passengers, including the driver, died on the spot, while three others who were rushed to Akugbe hospital died later.

    The development was said to have angered the youths and other commercial bus drivers in the area as they took to the streets to protest the death of their colleague.

    The angry youths in the area have however set the truck ablaze.

     

  • Photos: 5 dead, 3 injured as truck falls on commercial bus in Lagos

    Photos: 5 dead, 3 injured as truck falls on commercial bus in Lagos

    There was pandemonium early Saturday morning at the Ojota area of Lagos as an articulated truck with registration number AKD 663 KF conveying a 40 feet container laden with plywood fell on a Volkswagen commercial bus (Danfo) with registration number FST 944 XR.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that five of the passengers in the bus died on the spot while three others sustained different degree of injuries.

    The copses have since been deposited at the Ikorodu General Hospital Mortuary, while the injured were taken to a trauma centre at toll gate.

    According to the General Manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu whose agency were alerted as soon as the incident happened, the accident happened at around 4:02 am on Saturday (today) at Ojota bus stop.

    The GM quickly alerted the Emergency Response Team, ERT of the agency who rushed to the scene of the accident.

    In his words: “Investigation carried out by the Emergency Response Team, ERT, at the scene of the incident revealed that an articulated truck with registration number AKD 663 KF conveying a 40ft container laden with plywood fell on a Volkswagen commercial bus (Danfo) with registration number FST 944 XR”

    Tiamiyu noted that it took the combined efforts of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, Commander of Rapid Response Squad, Tunji Disu and officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA; Lagos State Ambulance Service, LASAMBUS; Lagos State Fire Service; Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC to rescue the victims and restore calmness to the area.

    The GM however advised articulated truck drivers and owners to exercise caution and avoid over loading to avoid such fatal accident in the nearest and distant future.

     

  • Photos: Truck crushes bike man to death in Lagos

    There was pandemonium at the Isolo area of Lagos on Thursday as a truck crushed a bike man (identified as Biliaminu Olayiwola) to death while trying to make u-turn at the Daleko Bridge.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA was immediately alerted of the incident which happened at about 9:19am. This prompted the immediate activation of the Agency’s Emergency Response Team, ERT to the scene of the accident accordingly.

    Investigation conducted by the Agency’s ERT team on getting to the scene of the incident revealed that a bike man was crushed under a trailer while trying to make a u-turn. He was identified as Biliaminu Olayiwola and his corpse was later handed over to the police.

    The driver of the trailer absconded immediately the accident occurred but was later apprehended by Police officers on duty and was taken to Olosan Police Station, Mushin for further interrogation.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that officials from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, (LASEMA), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Lagos State Fire Service, Nigeria Police Force and Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC were all at the scene of the accident to offer their various professional services.

    The trailer was recovered off the road with a tow truck provided by LASTMA and moved to a safe place nearby thereby ensuring free vehicular movements.

    The General Manager Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu however advised motorist and bike riders to always ensure utmost safety while on the highway to avoid unnecessary loss of lives.

     

    See Photos from the accident scene below:

     

    Photos: Truck crushes bike man to death in Lagos

     

     

     

     

     

  • Truck crushes 4 school children, woman to death in Delta

    Truck crushes 4 school children, woman to death in Delta

    No fewer than four school children and a middle-aged woman were Wednesday crushed to death by a truck at the popular mechanic village, off Effurun-Warri Road in Delta State.

    The school children were reportedly trying to cross to the other side of the road when the truck ran them over at about 8am. However, in the process of trying to avoid the children, the driver swerved off the road and rammed the vehicle into a store, killing a woman also on the spot.

    An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity said the body of the deceased woman was tore into pieces while two of the children had their skulls ripped open. However, the acting Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, DSP Andrew Animaka, could not be reached immediately for confirmation.

    A woman who escaped death by the whiskers said: “As soon as I noticed the speed with which the driver was coming, I decided to jump to the other side of my store; if not I would have been dead by now.”