A
commercial motorcyclist was crushed to death on Saturday morning at Agidingbi,
Ikeja, Lagos.
His passenger, a young woman also broke an arm in the
early morning accident.
Witnesses said that the accident occurred when
the driver of a blue Toyota Camry apparently lost control after experiencing
brake failure.
The motorcyclist who was riding by the side of the road
and heading towards the Omole traffic point was crushed against a building on
Plot 22, Lateef Jakande Way, Agidingbi.
The passenger’s left arm was broken into two and only
held by her skin. Many bystanders and others who rushed to the scene wept
uncontrollably at the scene of the accident.
The corpse of the rider was pulled from underneath the
Camry car.
Men of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC and the
Lagos State Transport Management Agency, LASTMA later rushed to the scene to
take the two accident victims to the hospital. The driver of the Toyota Camry
was arrested by policemen and taken away.
Lateef Jakande way, where the accident happened is one
of the 475 roads the new traffic law of Lagos state prohibits okada riders from
plying.
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