Many Feared Killed As 40ft Container Falls On Cars In Lagos [VIDEO]

Many persons have been feared dead after a 40-feet container fell on three cars along the Oshodi-Apapa expressway in Lagos.

Driver of one of the vehicles, a commercial bus, was killed while passengers in the bus and those in the two other vehicles managed to escape.

Happening: 40-feet container falls on three cars at Cele Bus Stop, Lagos pic.twitter.com/EedsHrQhsl

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According to a source who craved anonymity, about five of the passengers in the bus that the container fell on were rushed to the hospital and confirmed dead.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority while confirming the incident on Thursday afternoon said the accident happened at the main carriageway of PM gas station inward Cele express.

“It involved an upturned 40ft container on a commercial bus.

“Police officers from Ilasa division are on the ground doing the needful and also effort is on for recovery,” the agency wrote on its official Facebook page.

However, the agency did not reveal the number of casualties involved in the incident.