Some hoodlums set ablaze a vehicle late Saturday after a yet-to-be-identified pedestrian was killed in an accident that occurred along the Onipanu area of Lagos State by a speeding driver.
The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement on Sunday, said the accident occurred when the driver of a Toyota Vensa rammed into the pedestrian due to speeding.
The impact of the collision was said to have led to the death of the pedestrian.
Oke-Osanyintolu said, “Upon arrival to the incident scene at 2048hrs, LASEMA’s Cobra Response Team observed that a Toyota Venza, with registration number, EKY 839 HU, oversped and hit a pedestrian at the aforementioned location.
“Preliminary investigations conducted by the agency’s Response Team revealed that the driver of the above-mentioned Toyota Venza was at a top speed when he lost control and collided with a male pedestrian crossing the highway.
“The yet-to-be-identified adult male lost his life to the incident and had been taken off the scene before the arrival of the responders.”
The incident was said to have generated tension, which prompted the LASEMA team to call for police backup.
Our correspondent, however, noted that before the arrival of the police, the hoodlums set the vehicle ablaze.
“The agency’s Response Team informed officials of the Nigeria Police Force of the incident, and volatility of the scene due to activities of miscreants who escalated the incident, vandalised and set the accident vehicle ablaze,” Oke-Osanyintolu stated.
TheNigerian Metro reported on Friday that two persons were killed in separate auto crashes on the Lagos-Ibadan and Ijebu-Ode expressways in Ogun State.
The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, had said the Ijebu-Igbo accident occurred along the Rev. Adeboye Road at approximately 7:50 pm, resulting in the death of a 45-year-old pedestrian named Ojo Talabi.
The vehicle, a Nissan Cabstar truck with registration number APP 787 YH, driven by 35-year-old Rafi Babatunde, was loaded with plastic water bottles when it allegedly struck Talabi in the middle of the road while he was attempting to cross the road.
Odutola added that another auto accident occurred around 6:00 pm on the Ibadan/Lagos Motorway, close to the Redemption Camp in Mowe involving a Toyota Camry, registered as EKY 598 JM, driven by a 43-year-old man named Rafi Durodele.
