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Dispatch rider dies in Lagos auto crash
A dispatch rider died in an auto crash along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos on Friday.
However, two others were rescued from the accident which occurred near Chevron by emergency responders.
The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed this in a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Mr. Taofiq Adebayo.
He said: “Preliminary investigations revealed that a high-capacity ‘T&M’ bus (AKD 952 XZ) lost control due to brake failure and collided with an oncoming ‘KIA RIO’ vehicle (BDG 853 DA).
“The impact caused the KIA RIO to crash into a dispatch motorcycle (KTU 695 QK) in the opposite direction.
“The dispatch rider was pronounced dead at the scene, while two others sustained serious fractures and were rushed to a nearby hospital by a good Samaritan who was driving along the expressway.”
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