Monday, October 6, 2025 - A yet-to-be-identified driver was crushed to death after a 40-foot container-laden truck fell onto a commercial Nissan Micra car at the Soka area along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway.
The tragic incident, which occurred around 2 p.m. on
Sunday, October 5, 2025 involved a trailer loaded with bales of clothing and a
Micra taxi with registration number BDJ 981 ZY. The impact crushed the car,
trapping the driver inside.
Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, the Nigeria
Police, and the Oyo State Traffic Management Authority were on the ground
making efforts to remove the wreckage and retrieve the body of the deceased
driver.
According to punch, the car was pinned
under the tail section of the truck, with one of the rescuers using a machete
to cut through parts of the vehicle to reach the victim’s remains
An eyewitness, identified as Yusuf, blamed the accident
on concrete barricades left on the road by contractors after completing repairs
in the area.
“The accident happened around 2 p.m. when it was still
raining. The trailer was coming from Lagos inward Ibadan. When it got to this
point, the driver tried to dodge those big concrete barriers placed on the road
during construction. In the process, he hit the Micra. I think he tried to
regain balance, but that was when the truck fell, trapping the driver. They
finished this road a long time ago; those barriers shouldn’t still be
there," he said.
A FRSC officer at the scene, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, corroborated the eyewitness account.
"This is how we met the accident. From what we can
see, the trailer swerved to avoid the barrier, hit the Micra, dragged it off
the road, and eventually fell on it,” the officer said.
Speaking with the publication on the incident, the
General Manager of OYTMA, Adeoye Adekola, confirmed the driver’s d3ath.
“I just left the scene. We have removed the corpse and
deposited it at the Adeoyo Hospital, Ring Road. The container, fully loaded
with clothes, is still there, but we have detached the truck from the container
and moved it to Sanyo Police Station,” Adekola said.
He identified impatience, speeding, and the lack of
reflectors on the road barriers as major causes of the crash.“There are two
major factors, impatience and speeding by the drivers, and the construction
barriers without reflectors. Before the truck driver noticed the barrier, it
was already too late. He tried to swerve, but there was a Micra parked to pick
up a passenger. In an attempt to avoid it, the truck overturned, crushing the
Micra. The driver was the only occupant, and he died on the spot. The traffic
situation has now been cleared, and vehicles are moving smoothly,” Adekola
added.
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