Scene from the accident. Photo: LASEMA
One person has lost his life while another sustained serious injury in separate incidents involving a truck accident and a building collapse in different parts of Lagos State.
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olawale Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
Afolabi stated that one person died in a partial building collapse at Lekki Phase 1 on Friday, while three people were rescued alive after a truck crashed into a Sports Utility Vehicle along Old Abeokuta Road, inward Abattoir on Thursday night.
According to him, the truck accident occurred at about 10:40 p.m. on Thursday when an articulated vehicle carrying a 40-foot container reportedly suffered brake failure while descending Old Abeokuta Road.
