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Thursday, 26 July 2012

Falling container crushes pedestrian in Ogun

 
A female pedestrian was crushed on Thursday morning at Kara Bus Stop, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by a container after it fell from a moving trailer.

The trailer was heading out of Lagos around 7am when it lost one of its tyres, making the driver to lose control of the truck momentarily.

Witnesses said that as he struggled to regain control of the truck, it tipped over to its right side.
As the truck fell, it landed on the woman, who was walking beside the road, in search of a commercial bus to her destination.

The unidentified woman was said to have died instantly while a gridlock formed on the outbound Lagos side of the busy expressway. (Punch)

26 comments:

  1. What is going on. May her perfect soul rest in peace. I was going to ask if she couldn't run, or if she was running sideways but I wasn't there so i reserve my comment. Only God can save us sha. THE NAIJALLY SHOW... http://www.youtube.com/user/olsnetwork
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  2. I am always weary when I walk close to slanting containers.

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    1. You mean 'wary', don't you?

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  3. May she RIP. I pray as we al go abt lukin 4 our daily bread, we wil nt fal prey 2 d cold hand of death.

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  4. Baba Godey na ur leg I dey oo cus I knw say ppl don 2 much 4 ur hand. May her soul RIP. Via ALOMO bitter can.

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  5. We have to pray for our dear nation we have lost many souls this year

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  6. since our was a child. cant the system do sumptin bout dis?

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  7. What a terrible/painful way to die

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  8. God protect us all in our going out and coming in everyday IJN

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  9. May er soul RIP..

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  10. unforseen occurence took place here, she was @ the wrong place and @ the wrong time. may God help us.

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  11. May her soul rest in peace. Feeling for her family already.

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  12. Tuface's sister27 July 2012 at 09:18

    Linda, shouldn't your heading be Fallen(falling)Container ,,,,or is the container still falling:-)
    OK bye.

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  13. well d sad truth is dat d said woman ws nt safety conscious nd ds truck drivers mst tymes r alwaz drunk,in a haste nd so on nd ds trucks r delapitated beynd repairs. May her soul rest in peace* so sad*

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  14. NUBIAN QUEEN™27 July 2012 at 11:50

    OMG this as got to be my worst nightmare come true...the thought has crossed my mind one too many times in the past still does sometimes when driving next to a trailor, truck, container, even london double decker buses guess am just paranoid etc these things should have their own lane away from everyone else may she RIP

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  15. May we never walk when the road waits famished!

    People laugh at me when I run away from trailers, danfos and molue. This is the reason.

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  16. iBut seriously, what is going on in Nigeria.One week,One trouble! if it is not bomb in Abuja,Maidugiri, it is plane crash in Lagos, or tanker with oil in Port Harcourt, or even flood in Jos. what of road accident, now its container killing someone that was on her own. it gets me worried most timesi

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  17. iBut seriously, what is going on in Nigeria.One week,One trouble! if it is not bomb in Abuja,Maidugiri, it is plane crash in Lagos, or tanker with oil in Port Harcourt, or even flood in Jos. what of road accident, now its container killing someone that was on her own. it gets me worried most timesi

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  18. We all need to ask GEJ why all dis Mysteries? Remember hw we started dis year? We were Blessing or rada pouring curses on him! So u think sey d man na mumu ni?..PSSNM

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  19. May the Good Lord protect our going out and coming in IJN becos we're not perfect. May her soul rest in perfect peace (Amen)

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  20. May the Good Lord protect our going out and coming in IJN becos we're not perfect, may her soul rest in perfect peace (Amen)

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  21. @ d 1st comment... Tot its supoz 2 be may her soul rest in perfect peace n not may her perfect soul rest in peace. Nwez, God be wit her.

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  22. This type of calamity occurs all over the country. Whenever I drive around Lagos, I see this precariously tilting containers latched onto trucks. Most times (90% of the time), they are not articulated to the truck. There was a time law enforcement agencies were empowered to arrest these defaulting drivers but our policemen are compromised as usual. What a painful way to die!

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  23. Terrible! Rest in perfect peace. AMEN

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