A
middle aged man was yesterday, crushed to death inside his car
yesterday along Lagos-Ibadan expressway when a a MAC truck lost control
and rammed into the vehicle killing its only occupant while a pregnant
woman and others in another vehicle
narrowly escaped death as their vehicle got badly damaged.
The accident which happened few meters away from the headquarters of
the Mountain of Fire and Miracles along the road stirred severe traffic
in the road as officers of the Federal road safety corps and other
agencies battled for hours to control traffic.
The driver of the truck with registration number Lagos XS 46 Epe
which was on the Ibadan-bound lane and loaded with rocks belonging to a
foremost industrialists, survived the crash and took to his heels
leaving the truck behind upon realising the extent of damage he had
done, while the driver of the dark-green colour car with registration
number CX 639 LSD died on the spot.
The corpse of the driver was immediately taken to and deposited
at an undisclosed hospital while those injured in the accident were also
said to be receiving medical attention frm a nearby hospital.
