Tragedy
struck on Saturday night at Palmgrove Bus-stop, Somolu after a young
lady simply identified as Oluchi was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Ironically, the deceased died while
trying to cross the ever-busy Ikorodu road, just a few inches away from a
pedestrian bridge. The incident was said to have occurred around 8pm. An eyewitness, who declined to identify himself, said
that Oluchi was hit by a Toyota Camry and the driver of the car had
tried to avoid the accident, which almost compounded the situation.
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The
driver, in an attempt to avoid hitting Oluchi, almost caused multiple
accidents as other drivers around him, were forced to suddenly apply
brakes. The source said, “Oluchi had crossed the service lane and was
about to cross the expressway when the accident occurred. “As she ran,
the driver was on full
speed, but seeing what was about to happen, he tried to apply his brakes
but it was too late.” The impact of the accident was said to
have lifted Oluchi from the middle of the road to the BRT lane where she
was said to have hit her head against the road demarcation block.
The deceased who was thought to be in her early twenties, was surrounded
by passers-by and a
crowd of sympathisers, who tried to identify her after carrying her
corpse to a side of the road. A team of policemen from the Somolu Police
Station were observed coordinating traffic, while waiting for an
ambulance. However, when Oluchi’s relatives who had
been alerted to the incident, sighted the Lagos State emergency
services ,vehicle, they quickly took the corpse away from the scene. The
unidentified relatives, who
attempted to transport the corpse on a motorbike, eventually changed
their minds and hired a commercial vehicle.
The decision was taken, by the family, to avoid government bottlenecks which could
arise before the corpse would be released to them. The Police Deputy
Public Relations officer, Mr. Damasus Ozoani, confirmed the accident to
our correspondent on the telephone. He said, “A woman was knocked down at
Palmgrove. Police have been able to recover her corpse and it has been
deposited at Gbagada General Hospital. We are trying to investigate and
track the vehicle that hit her.”
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