A mother and her child have lost their lives when two trucks, laden with 20ft containers, overturned at Mile 2, by Freeman Market, inward Apapa, Lagos State.
Adebayo Taofiq, the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), stated this on Sunday in a statement.
The statement said the victims were trapped under the overturned containers, sustaining fatal injuries in the incident.
“The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority over the weekend responded to a devastating road traffic incident at Mile 2, by Freeman Market, inward Apapa, in which a mother and her child lost their lives following the overturning of two heavily laden 20-foot containerised trucks.
“The harrowing incident left both victims trapped beneath the overturned trucks and their massive containerised cargoes, sustaining catastrophic injuries that rendered their remains unrecognisable,” it read.
The statement noted that LASTMA rescue and recovery personnel responded to the scene to evacuate the victims, recover the trucks and manage traffic.
It stated that the scene of the accident was temporarily cordoned off, while traffic was diverted through an adjoining service lane.
According to it, the agency deploy a crane and a high-capacity tow vehicle to remove the overturned trucks and their containerised cargoes.
The statement added that police officers provided security during the recovery operation.
It disclosed that the victims’ remains have been deposited at the Police Mortuary in Yaba for necessary procedures.
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