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There was pandemonium on Wednesday at the Kara Bridge end of the Lagos Ibadan Express Way as a 20 feet containerized truck with unknown plate number rammed into a motorcycle with rider and two passengers.
Investigations by the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) who arrived at the scene of the incident early this morning after receiving a distress call from residents revealed that the head of the containerized truck detached from it body while on motion inward Karra bridge and rammed into a motorcycle with the rider and two passengers while the head of the truck plunged into Isheri Olofi River.
Unfortunately, a three-year-old boy on the motorcycle lost his life while his mother had a leg fracture.
However, the mother and the corpse of the boy had since been moved to the nearest hospital by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.
According to the General Manager of LASEMA, Mr. Tiamiyu Savage, the head of the truck that plunged into the river was later recovered with the aid of the heavy duty equipment Crane with support from the local divers.
Subsequently, three adult male were extricated and recovered from the truck head and handed over to FRSC officials who moved them down to the morgue.
Other Agencies on ground for the rescue operation include; the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Ambulance Service, Lagos State Fire Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Police Force from Ojodu, Abiodun and Isheri Police Division and OP Mesa.
Investigations have however commenced to unravel the cause of the tragic accident.