Tragedy as container falls, crushes two cars in Apapa

The atmosphere at the Tin Can Island port at Apapa in Lagos, became gloomy over the weekend, when a container fell on two cars, leaving them badly damaged.

The unfortunate incident was blamed on the bad condition of the road which hindered the free movement of vehicles.

However, there was no report of casualties, but the material loss to owners of the damaged cars was huge.

There have been incidences of containers falling on vehicles at the Apapa Tin Can Island port as a result of gridlock created by heavy-duty vehicles parked across roads, and the bad conditions of roads.