Tanker crushes girl hawking on Lagos road

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Tanker crushes girl hawking on Lagos road

A fuel-laden tanker Saturday crushed to death, a girl hawking egg at Otedola Bridge along the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Emergency officials at the scene said it happened around 3:20pm.

The state emergency management agency (LASEMA) in its update said on arrival at the incident scene, it was discovered that a tanker fully loaded with 60,000-litre diesel was found to have crushed a female pedestrian on Otedola Bridge inward Berger.

Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke -Osanyintolu said operation was ongoing to salvage the situation at the time of filing this report on Saturday.