Lagos container tragedy could have been averted –Witnesses

The three persons who lost their lives in the accident at Ojuelegba in Lagos would have being alive today if the trailer driver had listened to wise counsel. 

The container-laden 40-feet trailer fell of the Ojuelegba Bridge on Western Avenue, Surulere, Lagos, and landed two vehicles, a Nissan Murano and a Nissan Sunny.
The impact of the container crushed the three adult occupants of the Nissan Murano vehicle while the lone occupant of the Nissan Sunny car escaped. 
A witness, Mr Clinton Okoroafor, yesterday narrated how he tried in vain to stop the trailer before the accident. Okoroafor, who is a cab operator, told a radio programme said he was trailing the truck on Funso Williams Avenue inward Ojuelegba when he noticed that the container had shifted and was swaying dangerously.
His views were corroborated by a top official of the Federal Fire Service at Ojuelegba. 
Speaking further on the twohour programme monitored by our correspondent, Okoroafor said he overtook the truck and forced it to a halt near Area ‘C’ Police Command at Barracks bus stop. He added that he was challenged by some other motorists.
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