Woman Crushed to Death In Lagos by Petrol Tanker

 

The vehicle lost control, ran over a bystander, and crashed into a roadside shop, trapping a female teenager in the process.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said preliminary findings indicated that the tanker reportedly suffered a mechanical fault.

Oke-Osanyintolu stated that the vehicle “lost control, ran over a bystander, and crashed into a roadside shop, trapping a female teenager in the process.”

Following distress alerts received on its 767/112 Toll-Free Emergency Lines at 1900 hours, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) activated the State’s Emergency Response Plans from its Igando Base, Igando–LASU Road.

“Upon arrival of the LASEMA Response Team (LRT) at the scene at 2004 hours, a petrol tanker laden with approximately 15,000 litres of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) was involved in a lone accident at the above-mentioned location. The driver was not present at the scene,” Oke-Osanyintolu.

He noted that the body of the victim had been recovered and handed over to police operatives for further processing, adding that the trapped teenager was successfully rescued and transferred to LASAMBUS for immediate medical attention before being conveyed to the hospital.