Two 20ft containers on Saturday morning fell along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Lagos State.
TwitterThe agency said, “Report of a fallen articulated vehicle laden with two loaded 20ft containers spilled its content on the road at Iyana Era inward Okoko, along Lagos-Badagry Expressway. Counterflow is in progress, backlog at Asiribo.”
Containers falling on Lagos roads have been rampant in recent times, with some situations claiming lives and causing serious traffic.Related NewsThis incident made it the fifth, on Friday, of containers that fell in different parts of the state. However, in a statement, LASTMA’s Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq, said the Friday incident occurred as a result of brake failure on the part of the trailer.
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