Car kills mechanic and throws him off Obalende Bridge...
Obalende Bridge on Sunday. 13 Feb 2016
An eye witness told our correspondent that the accident occurred when the victim, a resident of Bariga area of Lagos state drop off a bus at the Obalende Bridge and dashed across the road to the other side to continue his journey, unknown to him that a last moving car was approaching.
According to the motorist, Solomon Ikhide, "dropping, picking up of passengers by bus drivers has been causing fatal accident on the bridge daily.
The body of waidi, the mechanic, crushed to
Saturday on Obalende Bridge, Lagos state.
The tragedy occurred on Obalende bridge on Saturday at about 4pm when a fast moving KIA saloon car with plate number JJJ 537 DP crushed the mechanic, identify simply as Waidi to death and threw off the bridge.
The victim's body was learnt, landed in a resident area under the bridge with broken head and legs.
When the P.M. NEWS correspondent arrived at the scene t about 4:25pm huge crowed had gathered in the Obalende bridge trying to catch a glimpse of the scene, while the police from Lion Building Division and at the officials of the ambulance section of the Lagos Island General Hospital was also seen evacuating the corpse of the victim into a van with registration number SMK 302 BK to the mortuary.
Official of the Lagos state Traffic Management Authority, LASMA, were also around to control the heavy traffic that had built on the bridge.
Crowd at the scene where Waidi was crushed to
death in Lagos on Saturday, 13 Feb 2016
Another eyewitness, Mr Jude Eshiet, said accidents have claimed the lives of more than ten passengers on the bridge this year alone.
"Security officials should henceforth not allow the death toll to continue and any driver arrested their loading or doping passengers should be charged to court to serve as an example to other," Eshiet said.
Effot made to connect the Task Force Chairman for comment was frustrated by the Unit's PRO.
Post a Comment