The Lagos State Government has warned drivers of trucks and other articulated vehicles against speeding and harassing of other road users. The government said it would intensify the enforcement of the Lagos State Traffic Law 2012 to reduce accidents as the year ended. The Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Drivers Institute, Philip Ogunlade, spoke at a sensitisation organised […]
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Wasiu Adeleke, the driver of the container-laden truck which fell off the Ojuelegba Flyover in Lagos and killed three people on September 2, 2015, is to be tried for manslaughter, a court has ruled. This followed advice from the State Directorate of Public Prosecutions to an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, recommending the driver for a manslaughter charge. The magistrate, […]
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A truck driver, Aderogba Adeyeye, has been brought before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, for allegedly crushing a policeman, Jeffrey Avro, the cop’s brother, King, and a relative. According to reports, the victims were passing through the Palm Avenue area, Mushin, in a Toyota Camry when the truck, with number plate, Lagos JJJ 809 XD, reportedly rammed into them.
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Obviously, some truck drivers are still not fully conscious of the enormous threat facing the haulage and logistics industry in the face of the unending spate of extremely fatal accidents involving truck/trailers/tankers in recent times.
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