Details of how a truck carrying sand belonging to the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Movement Lost control on the ever-busy Oshodi-Apapa expressway and crushed a commuter bus and four other vehicles on the expressway have emerged.
A traffic warden at the Akinpelu Police
Station, Oshodi who witnessed the gory
accident told P.M.NEWS this morning that the truck was coming from the Anthony flyover and heading towards the church’s
headquarters in Ijeshatedo when the driver
lost control and hit a commuter bus loading
passengers near the Charity Bus Stop.
•The commuter bus involved in the tragic
accident at Oshodi. Courtesy of The PUNCH
The traffic warden said other vehicles which
were on high speed rammed into the truck,
leading to the death of many.
He confirmed that six persons died in the
accident while many were injured. Some
hawkers were said to be among the dead.
The injured, he disclosed, were rushed to
nearby hospitals while the dead were taken to
the mortuary.
“The accident was unfortunate. When we
arrested the driver, he blamed it on brake
failure but we also observed that he was
carrying an overload. So it is possible that the weight of the load caused him to lose control.
We are still investigating,” he stated.
He denied that 13 passengers died in the
accident, saying only six persons have been
confirmed dead as at 9 a.m. today. The traffic warden who said he participated in carrying the corpses to the ambulance said majority of the victims were women and children.
He told P.M.NEWS that the driver of the
truck, Lawrence Nwaodu, is in custody.
Oshodi Unit Commander of the Federal Road
Safety Corps, Mr. Samuel Ogundayo, said 19
people were involved in the accident, adding
that eight of them died. It was learnt that
among the dead was an unidentified pregnant
woman, whose foetus was also crushed in the
accident.
In his own account, a witness, Okwudili Ulasi
said the truck after hitting the bus rammed
into commuters waiting for bus.
“Many people were waiting at the motor park.
The truck also rammed into some of the
vehicles there. So many people were crushed
and blood was all over the place,“ he narrated.
Mortuary assistants at the Ikeja General
Hospital morgue said none of the dead was
brought to the hospital. They confirmed that
the corpses were taken to the IDH in Yaba.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide,
said the driver, Lawrence Nwaodu, had been
arrested and the vehicle had been impounded.
Braide said some of the injured were rushed
to the Lagos State University Teaching
Hospital, Ikeja.
Braide warned motorists, especially truck
drivers, to always check their vehicles before
driving on the expressway as cases of truck
accidents had risen in recent times.
In a statement she signed, Braide stated: “At
exactly 12 p.m., a fatal motor accident
occurred at Oshodi. When police officers from Makinde Division led by the Divisional Police Officer arrived at the scene, they discovered that it was caused by a tipper, which was carrying sand, along Apapa-Oshodi
Expressway, inward Mile 2 service lane. “The
tipper, with number plate, JJJ 824 XD, owned by the Lord’s Chosen Church, lost control due
to a brake failure and rammed into three
stationary vehicles in the park. In the process,
all the vehicles got damaged while five yet-to- be identified female pedestrians lost their
lives.
“One of the deceased was a pregnant woman,
whose foetus also gushed out, bringing the
casualty figure to six in number. About five
people were also injured and they are
currently receiving treatment at LASUTH.
“We have apprehended the driver of the truck, whose name is Lawrence Nwaodu, 45. The four vehicles involved have been taken to LASTMA office, while calm has also returned tothe
area.”


http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/11/20/how-lord-chosens-truck-killed-6-at-oshodi/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PmNewsNigeriaFeed+%28PM+News+Nigeria%29

Very painful and touching accident. RIP to the dead.