Six persons lost their lives on Tuesday when a truck fell on a taxi along the Epe Expressway in Lagos State.
The taxi with number plate SMK – 312ES was said to be conveying seven persons to a destination in the state when the tragedy struck after the Epe Long Bridge.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the truck fell on the taxi, crushing and reportedly killing six of the commuters.
As of the time of filing this report, footage showed emergency responders rescuing one of the commuters.
Another footage showed the remains of some of the deceased victims trapped in the crushed vehicle.
A picture of the fallen truck was also sighted by PUNCH Metro.
The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident said the corpses would be transferred to the mortuary.
He said, “On arrival at the accident scene, a Cement Silo truck with unknown number plate was discovered to have fallen on a fully-loaded OPEL commercial taxi with number plate SMK-312ES.
