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Building Collapse in Ibadan

Tipper driver fear dead in Ibadan 2-storey building collapse *Others escape unhurt
 
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Sun, 4 May 2014   ||   Nigeria, Ibadan Nigeria
 

 A tipper driver was on Friday trapped when a two-storey building under construction collapsed at Ologuneru in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State.

The building situated along Eleyele-Ido road, behind Geoniks Petrol Station,collapsed around 3.00pm, few minutes after the Friday Prayers.

When Leadership visited the scene, it was gathered that about 10 construction workers working at the site when the building collapsed escaped unhurt and another worker was rescued.

It was learnt that the driver had came to drop a lorry load of granite when he decided to relax at the ground floor of the building.

Suddenly, one of the site workers said there was a big and loud sound and before they knew it, the building had collapsed.

According to them, they are doing the concrete of the second floor when the incident happened.

Officials of the state fire service, emergency management agency and Nigeria Security, Civil Defence Corpse and sympathisers were seen making frantic effort to rescue the tipper driver.

Also, emergency bus belonging to the state government was seen rushing to the scene of the incident.

 

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