Motorboy killed as tipper truck loses brakes, hits another in Epe
- A motor assistant died when a granite truck lost its brakes and hit another tipper at Oke-Oso, Epe, Lagos.
- LASEMA said the man was thrown from the truck and died on impact; his body was handed to the FRSC.
- The agency also reported a suspected drink-driving crash on Odo-Iyalaro Bridge and a truck stuck in Mushin.
A motor assistant, known in Lagos as a motorboy, has died in a crash involving two granite-laden tipper trucks at Oke-Oso, along the road inward Itokin, in the Epe area of Lagos State.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the accident happened at about 6.19am on Saturday. According to the agency, one of the trucks, with registration number ABG-226XB, lost its brakes, veered out of control and struck the side of the second tipper.
The impact threw the motorboy off the first truck. LASEMA said he died where he fell.
“Sadly, the motor assistant of the first truck was thrown off the vehicle and died on impact,” said Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency's Permanent Secretary, in a statement.
His body was recovered, placed in a bag and handed over to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Both trucks were also cleared from the road and taken to the FRSC office.
Two other emergencies overnight
LASEMA also gave details of two other incidents its teams handled between Friday night and early Saturday.
At about 7.58pm on Friday, a Toyota Camry (AGL-70HU) crashed into a Toyota Venza (FST-893KF) that had stopped by the roadside on Odo-Iyalaro Bridge, inward Maryland. According to Oke-Osanyintolu, the Venza had run short of fuel, and the Camry driver was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol.
The Camry driver was hurt but survived. LASEMA paramedics and the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) treated him at the scene before he was taken to a trauma centre. Both cars were towed to Area F Police Station and the bridge was reopened to traffic.
Later, at about 10.36pm, a HOWO truck (JJJ-293XZ) broke down at Olosha, Mushin, after getting stuck in a failed portion of the road. The truck blocked about 60 per cent of the carriageway. No one was hurt, and LASEMA used heavy equipment to pull it to a lay-by so traffic could flow again.
Oke-Osanyintolu condoled with the family of the dead motorboy and asked drivers to service their vehicles, stay off alcohol behind the wheel and follow road safety rules. He said LASEMA remains on alert and can be reached on its toll-free lines, 767 and 112.
What happens next
The FRSC now has the body of the deceased and the two trucks from the Epe crash.
