Four persons were killed and more than 11 injured on Monday at the Odo-Eran Bus Stop area of LASU/Igando Road after a truck lost control and crashed into a market.
Eyewitnesses accounts claimed that the brake of the truck failed just as the driver was about to negotiate a sharp bend.
In an attempt to avoid ramming into tricycle riders who were parked by the sharp corner of the road, the driver crashed into the market, killing four persons instantly.
While some residents in the area said that more than 11 persons were killed, others insisted that about 50 people were killed.
The accident occurred at about 10am.
The truck driver attempted to bolt, but traders chased him down and inflicted machete wounds on him.
Another eyewitness, Balogun Towiwa, said: “The truck driver would have been killed, but for the timely intervention of officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps.”
The deceased were said to be two men and two women.
One of the men, described as a Good Samaritan, died while attempting to save a woman in the path of the truck after it lost control.
Moments after pushing the woman out of the way of the truck, a rod sticking out from the truck entered into his head through the ear and came out from the other end.
One of the deceased was said to have lost her head and her remains, more like mincemeat, was taken away in a cellophane bag.
The truck, which was loaded with bags of sachet of water, belonged to Dammy Pure Water.
The company is located at 22, Church Close, Igando Road.
A man, who refused to disclose his name, said that the driver of the truck had been on suspension for misbehaviour and drunkenness and had just resumed duty on Monday morning when the tragedy occurred.
According to Tomiwa, the driver lost control because he was inexperienced.
Towiwa explained that the truck was trying to avoid running into tricycle riders, who were parked by the sharp corner of the road, and ended up running into traders at the market.
His words: “If not for God, more people would have died.
“A woman selling pepper just left her ware to go and urinate when that truck ran through her ware and seat.
“A young man tried to save a woman, but ended injured and likely dead by now.
“The young man is a Good Samaritan.
“He saw the truck coming and it was heading straight to the woman, who hadn’t seen it.
“The man pushed the woman out of the way, but it ran into him.
“A rod from the truck perforated his ear.
“The accident was caused by lack of experience.
“The driver could have diverted the truck to somewhere else, not the market.
“Market is where many buy and sell.
“He could have killed more people.”
A meat seller in the market, A. Yusuf, said that only two persons were killed.
Hon. Salami Adedoyin, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Idimu constituency, said: “The driver was saved by Road Safety officials.
“He wanted to run, but was apprehended by traders who used machetes on him.
“The truck driver was trying to avoid killing tricycle riders who were parked along the sharp corner.
“About 50 people were injured.”
Some residents claimed that the Lagos State Government had repeatedly ordered that the market should be relocated, but the order had never been enforced.
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