A truck driver, who identified himself as Azeez, escaped being electrocuted on Monday after his vehicle with Registration No.
Ogun LAR 700 YD, which he used to convey gravels, pulled down live electric cables.
The driver was said to have escaped death by the whisker as he avoided stepping on any of the naked wires. While two of the cables later fell on the ground, the remaining one firmly trapped between the body and the edge of the IVECO truck’s cargo bed. The eyewitness, who did not mention his name, said the driver jumped out f the truck immediately he heard people screaming that he had pulled down the cables.He said, “The driver is still shocked and cannot talk now. You can see that two of the three cables are on the ground, while one is hooked to the truck. The driver was fast to leave the car and was careful enough not to have stepped on any of the cables.
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