The Sector Commander FRSC Lagos Sector Command Corps, Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide has warned owners of articulated vehicles that are not maintaining minimum safety standards to keep such vehicles off the road for the sake of innocent motoring public or face the wrath of the law.
Ogungbemide gave this warning in
a statement signed by the sector Public Relation Officer, Route Commander
Olabisi Sonusi.
The statement reads in part, “The Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos Sector
Command wishes to inform the general public of a crash that occurred around
1838hrs at Ojuelegba inward Stadium on Funsho Williams Avenue involving a 40ft
containerized truck (DAF blue color) that fell on Toyota Camry with
registration number KRD 822 FZ.
“The crash left all the 4 occupants of the car trapped under the fallen truck. The four occupants trapped in the car have been rescued alive. They are being attended to by LASAMBUS.”
It was established that the recovery was
carried out by LASEMA forklift with the support of
response teams of FRSC, Nigeria Army, Nigeria Police and LASTMA.
Ogungbemide
reaffirmed that the crash would have been more devastating if not that the
container was properly twist locked.
He commended
all the rescue agencies for their swift response that assisted in rescuing all
the trapped victims alive. He further
commended Lagos state government for availability of the state of the art
rescue equipment that made the operations seamless.
Also, the Lagos FRSC sector Commander has
advised the general public to be more careful
especially as we enter the peak of the end of year activities.
He therefore
called for the motoring public along the corridor to exercise patience and
cooperate with the emergency teams on ground as recovery process is still
ongoing.
