• Many escape death in Lagos crashesOluwatosin Omojuyigbe and Daud OlatunjiFifteen persons lost their lives, while 38 were injured after a mini-truck plunged into the Omi River on the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Expressway in Ogun State on Tuesday. Oladele stated that the remains of the deceased had been evacuated to Sabo, while the injured were taken to the State Hospital in Ijebu-Ode. Meanwhile, some motorists escaped death in Lagos on Tuesday when a truck crushed many vehicles in the Osborne area of Ikoyi. Footage of the accident showed seven private cars, which rammed into each other and suffered varying degrees of damage. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the agency’s rescue team were mobilised to the scene and rescued the victims.

Source: Punch January 28, 2020 23:43 UTC