Two pregnant women and two children in the tricycles survived the crash.
A tricycle driver and one passenger died on Tuesday after a petrol tanker crashed into three tricycles., said in a statement that the agency rescued four people in the crash.“The accident which occurred around 12:30 pm today involved a fully loaded container truck and three mini commercial buses with registration nos , & ,” the statement reads.“Those four rescued accident victims by Lastma personnel were two pregnant women and two children.
Mr Taofiq said the agency has handed over the survivors to the police who have taken them to the hospital.“A preliminary investigation revealed that the fully loaded container truck had a brake failure and crushed 3 tricycles by a valley around Synagogue when going towards Ikotun,” he said. The incident occured two days after a fatal incident in the Ojuelegba area of the state involving a truck. Nine people died in that accident.
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