A trailer driver has been killed in an accident at Ijanikin along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Lagos State.
The driver whose identity is unknown was said to be sleeping while driving on the expressway when the incident happened on Wednesday morning.
The trailer reportedly climbed a rocky patch of the road, tumbled and fell on the driver.
In a video clip of the incident, officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASEMA, were making effort to bring out the mangled remains of the driver underneath the trailer.
According to a motorcyclist who witnessed the incident, Michael Dada said the driver was the cause of his death as he was sleeping while driving.
Dada said, “I and my colleagues were at Ayetoro Bus-Stop waiting for passengers when we saw the trailer heading towards us while veering off the road. We realised that the driver on the wheel was sleeping and tried to call his attention by shouting at the top of our voices to wake him up, but it was too late as the trailer climbed a big stone by the roadside heels had dozed off.
“We tried to call his attention by shouting at the top of our voices to wake him up, but it was too late as the trailer climbed a big stone by the roadside.
“The driver apparently woke up in the process and while trying to escape, the trailer tumbled on him.”
The Lagos State Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Olusegun Ogungbemide, has confirmed the incident.
He said, “The incident, which involved an ash-coloured Howo truck with number plate, T8678LA, caused the death of the driver.
“The incident happened at 7:24am, but was reported at 7:28am; my team arrived at the scene at 7:32am. We immediately removed the trapped dead body of the driver and ensured free flow of traffic.”
