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Disaster● Low50m ago · Nov 8, 2026, 5:07 PM

One dies as truck overturns in Lagos midnight crash

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Vanguard Nigeria · Sub-Saharan Africa

By Olasunkanmi Akoni One person has died after a fully loaded Mercedes-Benz six-tyre truck overturned around the TREM axis of Gbagada, inward Oshodi, Lagos State, in a midnight accident. The deceased, an elderly man whose identity had yet to be established, was reportedly thrown out of the truck after one of its front tyres burst, […] The post One dies as truck overturns in Lagos midnight crash appeared first on Vanguard News.

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