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.
It was learnt that 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.
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, said 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.
LASTMA officials said that 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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Speed doesn't pay rather it will create access road to untimely death .. Nigerians always like to show how fast their cars can engage... Kamzy
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