Falling trucks is no longer new to many Lagosians, there was however a pitiful and anguish scene at the weekend for an unidentified woman who lost her foot on Saturday evening when a container fell off on Iyana Ipaja Bridge and landed on her leg.
Although she narrowly escaped death following a frantic efforts of passers-by and men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, who rally round to save her life , she lost her foot to the incident.
The Director-General of LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said: “Upon arrival of LASEMA officials at the accident scene, it was discovered that a 40-foot container had fallen from the bridge at Iyana-Ipaja on an adult female. She, unfortunately, got trapped under the fallen container.
“She was subsequently, extricated from beneath the container by the agency’s rescue team and taken to the hospital by officials of Lagos State Ambulances Service, LASAMBUS, with a severed limb. “Subsequently, rescue team recovered the container as well as the limb of the victim from under the container.”
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