Men of the Nigeria Police Force
The truck driver identified as Femi Adewale, crushed a tricycle rider to death on Sunday.
The incident occurred in the Mushin area of Lagos.
According to The Punch, Adewale, a 30-year-old, who hails from
Sagamu, Ogun State, was said to be heading for Ibese, Ikorodu, when the
incident happened at about 6.30am.
It was learnt the truck, with number plate, XB 499 LSR, had rammed
into the tricycle from behind and the rider was thrown out by the force
of the crash.
An eyewitness, Nurudeen Akintunde, told Punch Metro that the rider,
whose name had yet to be ascertained, landed on the road after which
the truck crushed his body.
“The rider died on the spot. The driver abandoned the truck,
but I later learnt that he went to the Alakara division to report
himself,” Akintunde added.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the driver had been detained.
She said, “The truck driver reported at the division that while
he was driving from Apapa to Ibese in his trailer, he hit a tricycle
with number plate, EPE 817 QC. The rider, whose identity has yet to be
known, fell and the truck ran over him. His corpse has been deposited at
the Mainland General Hospital’s mortuary for a post-mortem.”
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