By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
Two passengers on a commercial motorcycle and the rider have been reportedly crushed to death by a truck in Lagos, New Nigerian Newspaper has learnt.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred at about noon on Saturday by Barracks Bus-stop inward Iyana-Iba along Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
As learnt, the incident happened when the driver of the Man Diesel truck, while on top speed, lost control as a result of a rear busted tyre and rammed into the motorcycle driving against traffic, popularly referred to as “one way”.
It was gathered that the two passengers were trapped under the vehicle and died instantly, while the rider later died at a hospital around Satellite Town.
The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Mr. Adebayo Taofiq, who confirmed the incident in a statement made available to journalists, said the corpses of the passengers were recovered by operatives of the agency.
He disclosed that the driver of the truck ran away after the accident, while Police men from Onireke Police Station took away the recovered corpse of the dead bodies.
The release reads, ” Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today recovered 2 dead bodies trapped under an empty long ‘Man-Diesel’ truck by Barracks Bus-stop along Lagos- Badagry Expressway, Lagos
” The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that the 2 (two) recovered dead bodies were passengers on a motorcycle riding on direction prohibited by law ‘One-way’ on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
“:While these two (2) motorcycle passengers died instantly, the rider later died at a hospital around Satellites Town.
“:Preliminary investigations revealed that a truck driver while on a top speed lost control as a result of a rear busted tyre and rammed into a motorcycle plying one-way by Barracks Bus-stop inward Iyana-Iba along Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
” While the truck driver ran away after the accident, Police men from ‘Onireke’ Police Division’ took away the recovered two (2) dead bodies.
” Lastma Ogunremi Olanrewaju (Lastma Commander Area D) who led the recovery operations and his team immediately evacuated the truck and motorcycle off the road for an unhindered free vehicular movement around the Expressway.
” The General Manager of LASTMA Mr. Bakare-Oki Olalekan while warning truck drivers to always stop over speeding however, appealed to motorcycle operators to stop playing one-way including all restricted routes across the state.”
