A waste compactor PSP Truck has fallen into the Lagos lagoon inward Iyana-Oworo in the early hour of (Tuesday) today in Lagos . The truck was said to veer off the bridge with the driver and motor boy inside while in motion.
Confirming the incident, the Permanent Secretary, of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement issued on Tuesday said ” The Agency responded to distress calls at the above scene and discovered that a waste compactor TRUCK, registration unknown, while in motion had a burst tyre, veered off the bridge and subsequently plunged into the Lagos lagoon.
”Fortunately the two occupants of the truck (driver and motor boy) were rescued alive by the agency marine team (divers ). They have been provided with first aid treatment”.
