Truck crushes expectant mother, four others

It was an emotional scene that drew tears from many eyes.
An expectant mother and four other women were crushed to death by a sand-laden truck at the popular Oshodi Bus stop in Lagos.
The truck belonging to a church was out of control after its brakes failed. It rammed into a garage near the Oshodi bridge on the way to Apapa where the women stood.
The truck hit three other vehicles before crushing the women.

The impact forced out the foetus of the expectant mother.
Angry youths and social miscreants rushed to the scene, barricaded the road and attempted to torch the truck.
They wanted to lynch the driver, who attempted to flee before he was rescued by policemen from the nearby Makinde Division.
Eyewitnesses said the truck was descending the bridge at Oshodi but lost control as it was approaching the service lane.
The driver ran into a motor park and a market near the service lane.
Commuters at the bus ran to avoid being hit. Traders who abandoned their wares and ran came back to meet them destroyed.
Mr Samuel Ogundayo, the Oshodi Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, said 19 people were involved in the accident.
“A tipper had a brake failure; 19 people were involved but eight died instantly.
“They have been taken to the General Hospital in Ikeja and the Oshodi Health Centre,’’ Ogundayo said.