One die, four injured after truck fell on cars in Lagos

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed that one person died on Thursday, Dec. 22, when a truck fell on cars at Cele bus stop inward Mile 2.

Four others were injured in the accident.

LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu provided an update in a statement.

The accident involved a MACK truck conveying twin 20ft containers. Other vehicles at the scene were a Volkswagen bus, a Highlander SUV, and a Toyota RAV4.

Oke-Osanyintolu said the truck driver lost control and collided with the vehicles ahead of it.

He said: “An adult male, the bus driver, lost his life while four injured victims – three males and one female – have been transported to hospital.”

The official confirmed that the body of the deceased was handed over to the relatives.