Newly married couple escapes death on their wedding day.

 

It would have turned out to be a day of disaster for a newly married couple heading home from their wedding reception.A bride narrowly escaped death, alongside her husband when the brakes of  an NNPC truck failed.The accident involved a NNPC  tanker with number plate XG 321 MKA, a cargo truck and two saloon cars happened at about 4: 45pm on Saturday, close to the Otedola bridge, Alausa, on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

The NNPC truck, while descending the slop from Alausa at top speed, ran into the first car and squashed the second one against the cargo truck.

The bride and her husband were said to have jumped out of their car, although rescuers said  the groom was no where in sight after the accident. The groom’s elder sister was seen cuddling her baby, kneeling down and thanking God for their escape but refused to give the name of the couple.

The fire coming out of the truck was put out by sympathisers as the tanker was carrying petroleum product. The accident also resulted in  gridlock which was controlled by men of the Federal Road Safety Corps.