Three Killed As Container Falls Off Truck

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At least three persons were feared dead, and several others injured on Tuesday, when a container fell off an articulated truck along Apapa/Oshodi expressway, and landed on commuters waiting for buses at Otto-Wharf bus-stop.

The driver of the truck with number plate XG 616 UWN, reports say attempted to overtake a vehicle at the bus-stop at about 2.30pm, when suddenly the empty container fell off the truck, landing on unsuspecting commuters.

Explaining how the accident happened, a Federal Road Safety Corps official who was at the scene said the truck driver was on high speed and could not control the truck when he got to the bus-stop.

The FRSC official said the driver of a car and two other persons waiting to board buses to their various destinations were affected. He said the container was removed and the victims were rushed to an undisclosed hospital.