Lagos to erect barricade on Ojuelegba Bridge as another container truck falls

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has promised that barricades will be constructed on the Ojuelegba Bridge to restrict the movement of articulated vehicles.

This is coming just as another container-laden truck Monday fell on the road along the Dopemu area of Lagos.

The truck barrier by the state government is in reaction to the accident on Sunday in which a truck carrying container fell on a passenger bus around the bridge, killing nine people.

Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, permanent secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed that two children were among the casualties of the Ojuelegba incident.

Another nine people were injured and treated in a hospital.

The Federal Road Safety Corps in its reaction to the Sunday accident immediately recommended the construction of barricades on the bridge, noting that the cases of loaded trucks falling on vehicles under the bridge were becoming frequent.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed that another container-laden truck fell Monday on the road along the Dopemu area of Lagos.

LASTMA in a tweet also shared a short clip of the truck, saying the container is “occupying 90 per cent of the road.”

The tweet read, “A 40ft container-laden truck fell at Sawmill inward Dopemu under the bridge.

“It’s occupying 90 percent of the road. Our men are on ground doing the needful as Effort is on for recovery.”