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Tragedy was averted in the Orile area of Lagos State on Wednesday morning when a 40-foot container fell off its truck.
It was learnt that the loaded 40-foot containerised Mack truck lost control climbing the Iganmu Bridge by Iveco inward Orile.
In the process, the truck dropped its container on the road, which took up 90 percent of the road.
However, no casualty was recorded in the incident.
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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed the incident in an X post.
A video recorded at 5:27 am and shared by the authority, shows emergency responders gathered around the fallen container as evacuation got underway.
The post reads, “Connecting Iganmu Bridge by Iveco inward Orile, a loaded 40ft containerized Mack truck had an accident while trying to move up the bridge, lost control and had its loaded Container dropped on the road then took about 90% of the road, though no casualty was recorded.
“The LASTMA Rescue team have been mobilised to the scene to do the needful.
Traffic is currently not affected.”
