FIJ
On Sunday, the media was awash with reports of a container falling on a bus on Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos.
Nine occupants of the bus died in the accident, while one woman survived.
Following the fatal accident, several Nigerians called for the Lagos State Government to take stringent measures to prevent such incidents from re-occuring.
FIJ has now found that since 2014, trucks with containers have fallen at least once a year on the bridge.
2014: In November 2014, a trailer attempting to climb the Ojuelegba bridge late at night fell off the bridge and landed on an unoccupied commercial bus.
There were no casualties on that occasion.
2015: On September 2, 2015, another container fell on the same Ojuelegba bridge, claiming the lives of three people in the process.
A couple was killed in their vehicle, while the lone occupant of another vehicle died in the accident.
2016: A 40-feet container disengaged and fell on the Ojuelegba bridge in 2016. This was the third occurrence in three years on the same bridge.
2017: Residents of Ojuelegba on Sunday, July 8, 2017, woke up to the gory sight of a black Toyota Camry trapped under a container.
The accident occurred at Stadium Bus Stop, some distance away from the Ojuelegba area. The lone occupant of the Toyota died in the accident.
2018: In 2018, a truck conveying plywood through the Ojuelegba bridge fell and emptied its contents on the bridge.
This accident occurred in June, and three commercial buses and a car were affected. Three persons died.
