A truck driver who was conveying Gravels narrowly escaped death at about 5:15pm on Monday along Association Avenue in Arigbede community, Ifo local government area of Ogun State when his truck pulled down live electric cables.
The driver narrowly escaped death because he avoided stepping on the live cables.
According to an eyewitness:
“residents who rushed out from their homes were sent back by a group of men blocking the road to prevent any unsuspecting passerby from stepping on the naked cables.”
“While two of the cables later fell on the ground, the remaining one firmly trapped between the body and the edge of the IVECO truck ’s cargo bed. “I want to thank God on behalf of the truck driver. He jumped out of the truck immediately he heard people screaming that he had pulled down the cables.”
“The driver is still shocked and cannot talk now. You can see that two of the three cables are on the ground, while the remaining one is hooked to the truck. The driver was fast to leave the car and was careful enough not to have stepped on any of the cables. “If he had stepped on any of the cables, he would have been a dead man by now. But we thank God, he didn’t.”
“one of the landlords in the area has called IBDEC officials to immediately disconnect electricity supply to the area.”
