Three rescued as fuel truck falls on car in Lagos
Emergency responders have rescued three persons trapped in a car when a truck carrying 45,000 litres of fuel crashed off the bridge opposite the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
The territorial coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos.
Mr Farinloye said the accident led to a build-up of traffic.
He explained that the incident happened when a ConOil truck, which took off from Apapa heading to discharge its product at Ikeja, tried to apply brakes.
According to him, the driver lost control of the vehicle and fell, trapping the car with three occupants.
Mr Farinloye, however, said the three occupants of the vehicle were successfully rescued alive.
“The spillage has been blanketed to render the product ineffective.
“The driver has contacted the owner of the truck to bring up another truck to transload the remaining product to a 45,000 litres truck,” Mr Farinloye said.
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