[NEWS] Driver Gets Away From Death As Tree Falls On Vehicle During Rainfall In Lagos

A driver barely got away from death on Saturday when a major tree fell during a tempest that followed a precipitation and obliterated his vehicle, yet he came out safe. 

The anonymous driver, who drove a Honda CRV vehicle, was on the primary street inwards Alhaji Masha near the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, when the tree which was next to the street unexpectedly got evacuated and arrived on the vehicle because of the tempest that went with the precipitation. 

The tree arrived on the vehicle with the man inside, wrecking its front side including the windscreen, the mirrors and the hat, yet the man who surged out of the vehicle, was not do any harm. 

The episode, which occurred around 6.14 p.m., caused traffic gridlock on the ever-bustling roadway the same number of individuals hurried to the scene while some others put forth berserk attempts to cut the tree and expel it from the street. 

As per the Lagostrafficreport, the twitter handle that reports traffic circumstance in Lagos State:- 

“There’s a fallen tree on the roadside close to Teslim Balogun stadium, this has blocked off traffic heading inwards to Alhaji Masha.”

Another resident, Offem Lawrence @lawmuzik1, who uploaded the video of the incident on Twitter wrote: “This just happened 15 mins ago in front of Teslim Balogun stadium, Surulere. The driver came out without a scratch.” 

It was additionally accumulated that a few authorities of the Lagos State Transport Management Agency (LASTMA) who went to the location of the occurrence, removed the man from the scene in their vehicle.