Barely a few days after the glorious but sudden exit of Fatai Rolling Dollar at the ripe age of 85, death was narrowly averted in Lagos, last weekend, when Pa Orlando Julius Ekemode and his American wife, Latoya, came within inches of losing their
lives in a near fatal accident after their car narrowly missed plunging off a bridge just before Berger Bridge, on the outskirts of Lagos.
The incident, which occurred just before Berger Bridge as they approached Lagos from Mowe, a town on the outskirts of Lagos on the evening of Saturday, June 16, could have culminated in the car plunging into the marshy area beneath the bridge with the both of them strapped to their seats but for sheer providence!
Trouble began after the vehicle in which they were traveling, a Range Rover SUV, belonging to Pa Orlando lost control and veered of the highway, hitting a number of cars in the process, ramming into the railings and dangling precariously but luckily its right tyre got stuck on the railings.
“But for the railings on the bridge, the car would have plunged into the marshy land beneath the bridge and probably dispatched the pair to the great beyond but the right tyre of the vehicle got stuck. This culminated in a traffic snarl that lasted for several hours before the SUV was eventually towed to Lagos,” an eye witness revealed.
Confirming the incident, his American wife, Latoya, told Superbass that she was yet to recover from the shock: “I am still shaken by the experience. It happened so quickly, in just a few seconds it was all over and we found ourselves in our car suspended from the bridge but held back by the railing of the bridge. The car could have gone over and we could both be dead by now! Thank God for being there for us.”
For Pa Orlando Julius: “My gratitude to God knows no bounds. I can’t stop thanking Him; this is nothing short of a miracle.”
The incident, which occurred just before Berger Bridge as they approached Lagos from Mowe, a town on the outskirts of Lagos on the evening of Saturday, June 16, could have culminated in the car plunging into the marshy area beneath the bridge with the both of them strapped to their seats but for sheer providence!
Trouble began after the vehicle in which they were traveling, a Range Rover SUV, belonging to Pa Orlando lost control and veered of the highway, hitting a number of cars in the process, ramming into the railings and dangling precariously but luckily its right tyre got stuck on the railings.
“But for the railings on the bridge, the car would have plunged into the marshy land beneath the bridge and probably dispatched the pair to the great beyond but the right tyre of the vehicle got stuck. This culminated in a traffic snarl that lasted for several hours before the SUV was eventually towed to Lagos,” an eye witness revealed.
Confirming the incident, his American wife, Latoya, told Superbass that she was yet to recover from the shock: “I am still shaken by the experience. It happened so quickly, in just a few seconds it was all over and we found ourselves in our car suspended from the bridge but held back by the railing of the bridge. The car could have gone over and we could both be dead by now! Thank God for being there for us.”
For Pa Orlando Julius: “My gratitude to God knows no bounds. I can’t stop thanking Him; this is nothing short of a miracle.”
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