Saturday, March 16, 2024 – A yet-to-be-identified man has died after a cable drum being evacuated from a company's container landed on him in the Ilemba Hausa area of Lagos state on March 14.
According to police sources, the manager of
the electrical company reported to the police that on the said day at about
8.30a.m., a Hiab Forklifter was evacuating armoured cables from a container
into its facility situated along Ojo Igbede road.
The manager told the police that during the
evacuation, one of the cable drums disconnected and fell on the deceased who
was pressing his phone while walking. The police said the manager mentioned
that the deceased sadly died while being rushed to the hospital.
Police detectives immediately visited the
scene of the incident and have been interrogating the owner of the company for
‘recklessness and negligent act.’' According to the police, the owner of the
company is supposed to have placed a sign signifying the inherent danger while
the items were being evacuated and was supposed to have hired a guard to direct
other road users while the evacuation of the dangerous item was being done.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson
of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the corpse of the deceased has since
been deposited in the morgue while an investigation into the incident is
ongoing.
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