A
bride narrowly escaped death in an auto crash while on her way from her
wedding. The accident involving a NNPC tanker with number plate XG 321 MKA, a
cargo truck and two saloon cars happened at about 4: 45pm last Saturday, close
to the Otedola bridge, Alausa, on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.
Our reporter who witnessed the accident said the NNPC truck, while descending
the slop from Alausa at top speed, could not hold its break. It then ran into the first car and squashed the second one against the
cargo truck.
The bride and her husband were said to have jumped
out of their car.
When our reporter got to the scene of the accident,
the groom was no where in sight. The groom’s elder sister who spoke to our repoter
while cuddling her baby explained that they were just coming from the wedding
reception of the couple.
She was seen kneeling down and thanking God for
their escape but refused to give the name of the couple.
The fire coming out of the truck was put out by
sympathisers as the tanker was carrying petroleum product. The accident also
resulted in gridlock which was controlled by men of the Federal Road Safety
Corps.
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