Mob Sets Vehicle Ablaze On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway After Driver Crushes Bystanders

Eko Hot Blog reports that an angry mob on Friday night set ablaze a Hilux Toyota vehicle after the driver rammed into bystanders around the Kara-OPIC bus stop along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The spokesperson of Ogun State Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident in a statement on Saturday.

She disclosed that the incident killed three people and injured two others.

The white Toyota Hilux vehicle with number plate EPE80J was said to have suffered brake failure after which it lost control and rammed into bystanders at about 8:15 pm on Friday.

Okpe explained that the accident involved six people comprising five males and a female.

It was learnt that the injured victims were taken to the Lagos Emergency Centre, Ojota, for medical treatment while some persons from the Kara market who claimed to be relatives of two of the deceased took their remains for burial.

The other body was said to have been deposited at Idera Morgue, Sagamu.

Meanwhile, a 49-year-old man identified as Gbolahan Aina has been killed when a truck rammed into him on Henry Carr Street, in Ikeja, Lagos State.

The driver of the truck identified as Godwin Donatus ran over Aina as he tried to reverse the vehicle, marked KJA-74 XQ at about 7 am on Saturday.

According to Punch, the deceased was confirmed dead by the doctor at a hospital in Maryland.

“One Mack truck with registration number KJA 74 XQ, driven by one Godwin Donatus, while reversing his truck, did not notice that Gbolahan was there and accidentally ran him over.

“The victim was rushed to Maryland hospital and was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty,” a source told the newspaper.

Lagos State Police Command spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin

The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the incident to our correspondent, disclosed that the body was deposited at the Maryland Hospital Mortuary for an autopsy.

He said, “The corpse was evacuated to Mainland General Hospital and the body was deposited at the hospital mortuary for an autopsy. Further development will be communicated.”

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