Pedestrian, female hawker crushed to death in Lagos road crash

At Otedola Bridge in the Berger district of Lagos State, an unnamed female hawker was crushed to death by a diesel-filled tanker.

According to Sunday PUNCH, the truck, which had the licence plate GME 483XD, also struck three moving automobiles.

The incident, which occurred on Saturday, was confirmed by Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency.

According to Oke-Osanyintolu, the hawker was crushed after the tanker's brakes failed while it was in motion.

He said, “On arrival at the incident scene, it was discovered that a tanker fully laden with diesel (about 60,000 litres) was found to have crushed a female pedestrian (hawker) on Otedola Bridge inward Berger.

“Further investigation conducted by the LASEMA Response Team revealed that the articulated truck suffered a mechanical fault (brake failure) and rammed into other ongoing vehicles (Suzuki, a Toyota Camry and an Avalon), damaging the three vehicles in the process.”

In a related occurrence, a pedestrian whose identity has not yet been released died in a collision on Saturday on Odo Iya Alaro before the New Garage in Ojota.

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority revealed this in a tweet posted on its official Twitter account.

“An accident on Odo Iya Alaro before New Garage inward Ojota between a Ford Jeep and a truck; a dead body is involved, while police officers from Ogudu Police station are on the ground.

“The State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit has been contacted for the evacuation of the lifeless body. Please drive with caution on approach,” the tweet read.

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