Three persons were on Wednesday feared killed after a container smashed their vehicle at the popular Ojuelegba in Lagos.


The incident, which occurred around 5p.m.  caused heavy gridlock along the busy Ikorodu Road and Western Avenue axis.


It gathered that the about five tonnes container which was being conveyed by a heavy duty truck on the bridge, overturned and fell to the ground.


The situation which was said to have frightened onlookers, made several motorists including the driver of a white vehicle hit by the container to flee for their lives.




But unfortunately, the occupants of a black Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), said to be a female, and another person were trapped underneath the container, which completely smashed the vehicle.


It took the combine effort of the Federal Fire Service, whose office is located around Ojuelegba and other good Samaritans to evacuate the container.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, said there was just one occupant in the black SUV.


Farinloye, who said other rescue agencies were yet to get to the scene at the time of filing the report, disclosed that they were trapped in the gridlock caused by the accident