‘One Way’: Truck Crushes Motorcyclist With Two Passengers to Death in Lagos
A tragic accident involving a motorcyclist riding on ‘one-way’, and his two passengers has occurred in the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Lagos.
Reports state that they were crushed to death by a truck on Saturday.
It will be recalled that recently Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, arrested some Okada riders, including a soldier, who were riding against the flow of traffic along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
A development that spurred mixed reactions from members of the public.
While warning truck drivers to always stop overspeeding, the General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, however, appealed to motorcycle operators to stop plying one-way and all restricted routes across the state.
Operatives of LASTMA were reportedly seen recovering the lifeless bodies trapped under an empty long ‘Man-Diesel’ truck at the scene of the incident.
The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr. Taofiq Adebayo, confirmed that the deceased were passengers on a motorcycle riding on ‘one-way’.
According to Adebayo, “While the two motorcycle passengers died instantly, the rider later died at a hospital around Satellite Town.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that a truck driver while on 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.”
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