Driver Die As 40ft Container Fall On Top Motor For Oyo

One driver wey dem never identify don die on Sunday afternoon after one 40-foot container wey full load fall on top one Nissan Micra taxi for Soka area, along Lagos–Ibadan Expressway. Di accident happen around 2 p.m. and involve trailer wey carry bales of cloth and one Micra taxi wey get plate number BDJ 981 ZY. Di trailer crush di motor and trap di driver inside. When reporter reach di scene around 4 p.m., FRSC, Nigeria Police and Oyo State Traffic Management Authority (OYTMA) officers dey try remove di wreckage and carry di driver body. Di motor pin under di back of di trailer, and one of di rescue people dey use cutlass to cut di car reach di dead body. One eyewitness, Yusuf, blame di accident on concrete barrier wey contractors leave for road after construction.

Yusuf talk say di trailer from Lagos dey enter Ibadan when di driver try dodge those concrete barriers for road and jam di Micra. As di driver try balance di truck, na so di container fall on top di Micra. One FRSC officer wey no wan mention name confirm say na wetin really happen. OYTMA General Manager, Adeoye Adekola, confirm di driver don die, say dem don carry di body go Adeoyo Hospital and move di truck to Sanyo Police Station. He talk say di wahala na impatience, overspeeding and say di concrete barrier no get reflector. As di trailer driver try avoid di barrier, e see Micra wey park pick passenger, so e swerve and di trailer fall, kill di driver instantly. Traffic jam hold di road for hours, but dem later clear am. People dey worry again because dis Soka junction don turn accident zone. For June, five people die and others wound for another big accident for di same place. Just one week later, another person die as e jam trailer wey dem abandon after di previous crash.