Container Crushes Four To Death In Lagos

No fewer than four people were yesterday crushed to death when a 40 feet container fell off a trailer and landed on two commercial buses at Ketu, a suburb of Lagos.

The  accident which was said to have occurred in the early hours of the day took place on the lane of vehicles heading towards Mile 12 and Ikorodu areas of the State. The accident, it was learnt, caused traffic gridlock in the area forcing many road users to take alternative routes to get to their destinations.

Eyewitnesses gave different accounts about how the accident occurred. A trader who identified himself as Sanni Mohammed said the accident was as a result of break failure on the part of the trailer.

"We were just resuming for business that early hour of the day when we saw the driver pumping his brake and making all efforts to control the vehicle.

|At that point, we sensed that danger was looming but before we knew what was happening, it rammed into the commercial buses picking passengers on the road. The container fell on two of the buses and killed some of the passengers", Mohammed told the Nation.