Nigeria, June 6 -- Two people have died in separate incidents involving a truck accident and a building collapse in different parts of Lagos State, emergency authorities said on Friday.

The fatalities occurred after a container-laden truck crashed into a sport utility vehicle (SUV) along Old Abeokuta Road in the Abattoir area of the state and a three-storey building under construction partially collapsed in Lekki Phase 1.

The spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olawale Afolabi, disclosed the incidents in a statement.

Mr Afolabi said the road crash occurred at about 10:40 p.m. on Thursday when an articulated truck carrying a 40-foot container reportedly suffered brake failure while descending Old Abeok...