A dispatch rider has misplaced his life in a highway accident involving a trailer along Ogunnusi Road, Ojodu, Lagos State.
The crash occurred late Wednesday reverse Christ Livingspring Apostolic Ministry, CLAM, Church, leaving the rider with deadly head accidents.
A go to to the scene by a reporter confirmed the sufferer’s lifeless physique mendacity on the highway, with seen accidents and blood round his head.
Sympathisers and different motorists gathered on the scene following the incident.
The deceased was subsequently evacuated from the scene for additional obligatory procedures.
An eyewitness blamed the dispatch rider for the accident.
However, the precise circumstances resulting in the collision couldn’t be independently verified as of the time of submitting this report.
The trailer driver was additionally mentioned to have fled the scene shortly after the crash, abandoning the sufferer.
A Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, official was reportedly concerned in the evacuation train and took the deceased’s physique to a police station round Grammar School.
A towing car later arrived to take away the trailer concerned in the crash and clear the highway, permitting motorists to proceed their journeys.
The incident attracted the eye of residents, passers-by and different highway customers, with many expressing concern over the deadly consequence.
Although the small print surrounding the collision stay unclear, the police are anticipated to research the incident and set up what led to the rider’s demise.
The tragedy has as soon as once more highlighted the dangers confronting dispatch riders and different weak highway customers in Lagos, notably when sharing the roads with heavy-duty autos.
The identification of the deceased and an official assertion from the related authorities had been but to be made obtainable on the time of submitting this report.
