A fatal accident that occurred on Tuesday at the Lafenwa market located along the Abeokuta-Ayetoro Expressway in Ogun State claimed the life of a yet-to-be-identified female pedestrian after a truck crushed her while crossing the road.
PUNCH Metro learnt from an eyewitness who was identified as Saheed that the accident occurred when the lady was attempting to cross the road before she fell and got trapped under the rear tyre of an Iveco truck.
He noted that sympathisers at the scene rushed her to a nearby hospital, but she was declared dead by the doctor on duty.
Saheed said, “An accident happened this morning at the Lafenwa market. A lady was trying to cross the road when she fell and was crushed by a truck and sustained head injuries. She was rushed to the hospital, but she did not make it as she was confirmed dead.”
Similarly, a senior security officer in the area who was not permitted to speak with the media told our correspondent that efforts to save the life of the pedestrian proved abortive, as she was declared dead at the hospital.
“The accident happened this morning. The lady was attempting to cross the road when she was crushed by the truck, and she was immediately taken to State Hospital, Ijaiye, where she was declared dead,” the senior officer said.
Confirming the incident in a traffic update on Tuesday, the Commandant General of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Seni Oguyemi, disclosed that the accident happened at about 10:30 a.m.
He added that the truck with the number plate AAB 762 YJ trapped the female pedestrian while crossing the road.
“According to an eyewitness, the pedestrian was trapped by the Iveco truck’s rear tyre when trying to cross the road. The presumed dead was deposited at the State Hospital morgue by the police before our arrival,” Ogunyemi concluded.
PUNCH Metro reported a similar accident along the same expressway on Monday which left two people dead.
Two people lost their lives on Saturday when a private car rammed into two motorcycles at the Mile 2 section of the Aiyetoro-Abeokuta Expressway, Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Ogunymi disclosed that the accident was caused by a private car that rammed into two motorcycles due to wrongful overtaking and speeding.
The accident involved a Toyota Camry with number plate BDG 260 JP, and two TVS motorcycles with number plates LAR 880 VM and AAB 408 VX, respectively.
