By Editor
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Tuesday rescued a mother and her nine-year-old child stuck under a fully loaded sand truck at Danco Filling Station, Iyana-Ipaja in Lagos State.
A statement signed by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Taofiq, disclosed that the mother and her child were severely hurt when the driver of the sand diesel truck with number plate AGL-48 YD lost control.
Taofiq stated that the injured mother, her child, and the truck driver were taken to the General Hospital in the area for emergency medical attention by an ambulance from the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit while policemen from the Ile-Epo Division supplied security cover until the overturned truck was completely removed from the road to allow for unhindered traffic flow.
However, the acting General Manager, LASTMA, Bakare Oki, appealed to drivers to obey speed limits.
The statement partly reads “A mother and her nine-year-old son were saved by LASTMA officials under an upturned fully loaded sand truck today around Lagos – Abeokuta Expressway by Danco Filling Station inward Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos
The driver of the upturned sand diesel truck (AGL 48 YD) lost control and got overturned as a result of reckless driving with a mother and her nine-year-old son including the driver seriously injured.
“Immediate investigation revealed that the truck driver lost control due to reckless driving and got upturned while dragging right of way with another heavily loaded containerised trailer inward underneath Iyana-Ipaja Bridge.