At around 11:30pm tuesday night, a tragic incident occured at the Sango/Lagos toll gate.
A reporter who was at the scene this morning shared some photos
from the scene, she also spoke with some of the eyewitnesses and they
narrated how the fatal accident which involved a Dangote truck, a white
bus carrying Yam and 10 vehicles occured.
An eyewitness who is one of the bread sellers by the side of the road told KFB;
"There was no traffic, I was about packing up when the two
policemen on duty flagged down a white bus. They asked the driver to
park and they went to check what he was carrying. The woman beside the
driver now explained to them that they were carrying tubers of yam for
her daughter's wedding holding this Thursday. Truly, when the officers
checked the boot, they saw the many yams and asked the driver to give
them something but the man was saying he didn't have anything to give.
"All this while, traffic was already piling upbecause the white
bus was at the centre of the road and the other side of the road was
bad. While arguing, a Dangote truck was speeding forth, the driver was
horning because the brake of the truck had failed. By the time I could
say Jack, the truck had crushed the cars that were lined up behind the
bus including the bus...I left my goods and ran away"
Confirming the account, another trader whose wooden shop was destroyed in the tragic incident said;
"The accident was terrible indeed. I am still in shock cos I
could have died too. The policemen ran away, they have not showed up
today. The woman and the driver were badly injured, we brought out about
18 bodies from the destroyed vehicles on the road and in the ditch this
morning. Nothing happened to the Dangote truck driver," she said.
See all the photos below;
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