At least one person was killed, while
another person sustained serious injury after a black Toyota Prado
Sports Utility Vehicle somersaulted on the Third Mainland Bridge in
Lagos State. The two victims were employees of Access Bank Plc. According to traffic officials, the
vehicle with number plate, AGL102BU, was on high speed when one of its
rear tyres burst suddenly. Read the rest of the story after the break
The driver of the vehicle was said to
have applied the brakes immediately, causing the vehicle to somersault
many times until it finally landed on the median.
It was learnt that officials of the
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, led by the commander, Temitope
Adebayo, raced to the scene and evacuated the occupants of the vehicle.
An eyewitness, Michael Odetola, told our correspondent that the
incident occurred around 10.30am. Odetola said, “The vehicle, which was
inbound Oworonshoki, was on high speed when one of its tyres burst. The
vehicle somersaulted many times before landing on the median. The driver
of the vehicle died on the spot as his head was fractured, while his
blood spilled all over the vehicle.
“The second guy survived and people moved him into another vehicle.” It was learnt that the surviving victim
was rushed to Gbagada General Hospital, while the corpse had been
deposited at the mortuary. Two identity cards, which showed that the victims were employees
of the Access Bank, were recovered from the vehicle and had been handed
over to the police. The
accident caused a traffic snarl from the accident scene to the Lagos
Island end of the bridge as many motorists alighted from their vehicles
to take pictures.
LASTMA Public Relations Officer, Bola
Ajao, who confirmed the accident to our correspondent on the telephone,
urged motorists to drive safely and avoid speeding, saying such caution
would make it easy to overcome eventualities on the road.
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