Couple Survives Container Collapse on Lagos Expressway

A couple narrowly avoided death on Wednesday when a container collapsed on their Lexus Jeep at the Toyota bus stop on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway.

According to a statement issued on Thursday by the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, the event occurred in the evening following a distress call.

According to her, the event occurred when the container accidently landed on the vehicle’s rear side.

They were eventually rescued from the wreckage of their vehicle.

The release continued: “A male adult of about 45 years old and a female adult of about 37 years old (both names withheld) were rescued from the jaw of death by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service from a vehicle accident involving their Lexus Jeep 350 with registration number EKY 251 HW and a Mack Trailer with registration number BDG 513 XW conveying two containers of 20 feet each.”

The accident, which was a visible call on the Agency’s Isolo Fire Station at around 18:35 hours Wednesday, at the major Toyota bus stop on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway within Isolo, Lagos,

One of the canisters fell on the rear side of the truck while in motion, leading sympathizers to rush to their aid before firefighters worked together to pull them out of the wreckage unharmed.

Adeseye claimed that both victims were joined by the trailer driver, who escaped unharmed and was transported to trauma therapy to ensure their safety.

“The remains of the vehicles had been cleared off the path of the highway by LASEMA after men of LASTMA cleared the ensuing traffic backlog with the support of the Nigeria Police from the Ilasamaja Division who had since brought the operations into conclusion,” according to the statement.