40ft container crushes woman to death in Lagos

A woman has been crushed to death by a 40ft container that fell on her car at the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday.

Her driver, however, survived the accident unhurt, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed.

The LASTMA Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Taofiq Adebayo, said the driver of the articulated truck carrying the container and his assistant fled the scene as soon as the accident occurred.

“Preliminary investigation showed that the fleeing truck driver was driving at high speed when he experienced brake failure and lost control of the vehicle. The truck rammed into the car and spilt the container on top of it.

“LASTMA already handed the evacuated corpse of the woman to the police,” Adebayo said.