DRIVER HOSPITALIZED AFTER DEBRIS FALLS FROM CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR. (PHOTO).

 Driver hospitalized after debris falls from Cross Bronx Expressway during morning rush hour   One person was hospitalized Wednesday morning after debris fell from the Cross Bronx Expressway onto a vehicle during the rush-hour commute. The incident happened around 8 a.m. when material came down from the ceiling over a westbound lane of the expressway near the lower-level approach to the George Washington Bridge. Emergency responders transported the driver to a nearby hospital, where the person was expected to survive, according to fire officials. Westbound lanes were shut down for much of the day as crews worked to secure and repair the damaged section of the roadway. It was the second debris-related incident on the Cross Bronx Expressway within a week. In the earlier case, dashcam footage captured a large piece of concrete falling from an underpass in front of a vehicle, forcing the car to be towed after sustaining significant damage. No injuries were reported in that inciden...

OTEDOLA BRIDGE ACCIDENT: LASEMA RESCUES ONE,EVACUATES FIVE VEHICLES.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), earlier today, rescued an adult female trapped in a crushed white Toyota Hilux Vehicle (KRD 797 XN) involved in a multiple car accident along the Otedola Bridge inwards Lagos.
The accident involved five vehicles; including the Toyota Hilux, whose male driver died but was yet to be identified as the LASEMA team commenced operations to evacuate the surviving female occupant of the van named Toyin.
On arrival at the scene, LASEMA officials had to extricate the occupants of the vehicle using cutters before handing the survivor over to the Lagos State Ambulance Services (LASAMBUS) for first-aid treatment and subsequent transfer to the Trauma Centre by the old Toll Gate at 7up.
Other vehicles involved in the multiple car accident were a DAF Truck (LSD742 XK), Toyota Sienna (NEN 16 XQ), Ogun State Mass Transit Bus (EPE 679 XT) and another bus (OG L112).
The operation which was coordinated by LASEMA's Director of Operations, Engineer Akinsanya Olatunde was promptly completed to ensure an easy flow of vehicular activities while the remains of the deceased driver has been handed over to the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit, SEHMU for deposit at the mortuary.More photos below.
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