The Director-General of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA); Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu has confirmed the death of six out of seven persons after a truck fell on a commercial taxi on Epe Expressway.
The Director General said the truck had an unknown registration number while the registration number of the fully-loaded commercial taxi is Lagos SMK-312ES.
“The response team rescued only one person, who was trapped beneath the truck. He is now receiving treatment in the hospital.”
He said the corpses had been handed over to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) so as to transport them to the mortuary.
Dr Oke-Osanyintolu appealed to members of the public to comply with the COVID-19 lockdown and social distancing guidelines to avoid endangering themselves, he also urged the rescue workers to follow the social distancing guidelines of the Lagos state government.