An unregistered
The accident occurred at Epe Long-bridge,
The taxi and the truck were operating despite a lockdown imposed on
The
Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director General of LASEMA, told PREMIUM TIMES that the accident happened at
"Preliminary report on the accident revealed that a
"Investigations revealed that a total of 7 people were in the crushed car with 6 of them having lost their lives on or shortly after impact while efforts are ongoing by the response team to extricate the single adult man who is alive but remains trapped beneath the silo truck."
Mr Oke-Osanyintolu added that the LASEMA heavy duty equipment was deployed to extricate the single adult man "Lekan" who survived the accident.
The remains of the other six passengers have been transported to the morgue, he said.
"This is a challenging time for the state and even the responders and
He said such a small vehicle having more than the required number of passengers also increased the fatality.
He enjoined
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