Petrol Tanker Crushes Woman To Death In Lagos
Naija News • Feb 21
A petrol tanker has crushed a woman to death in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State.
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 petro...