No fewer than four persons were on Sunday killed in
a fatal accident at the Lekki Toll gate, Lagos State, which also left 16 others
with varying degrees of injuries.
The casualties, whose identities were yet to be
ascertained, were passengers of a Lexus SUV GX470 with registration number KJA
615 DF and a commercial bus marked KRE 302XA.
The incident, which occurred at about 6.42 a.m. at
one of the toll centres in the areas, was said to have been caused by the
driver of the Lexus SUV, who was at neck-breaking speed and rammed into the
commercial bus.
The commercial bus had barely been cleared by the
toll gate attendant when the driver of the Lexus SUV, who was driving against the
traffic rammed into the bus causing two to die on the spot while two others,
including a lady, who later died at the Lagos General Hospital.
The severely 16 injured people, including the
driver of the SUV, were later evacuated to the general hospital for medical
attention.
According to the General Manager, Lagos State
Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu, they were alerted at
about 6.49a.m. via the emergency toll free line 112/767of the accident.
He said this prompted the immediate activation of
the Agency's Response Team, other emergency responders and the security
operatives to the scene of the incident accordingly.
Tiamiyu said the investigation carried out by the agency's
response team on getting to the scene of the incident revealed that a Lexus SUV
GX470, while plying one way, ran into a commercial bus that was just cleared by
the ticketing officers at the toll gate.
He said: "A total of four fatalities was
recorded which include three adult male and an adult female.
"16 other casualties with severe injuries were
recorded including four adult females and 12 adult males. The driver of the SUV
was transported to the General Hospital at Marina.
"The LASEMA Response Team alongside LASAMBUS,
RRS, Nigeria Police Force, State Environmental Monitoring Unit (SEHMU) and LCCI
were responders present at the scene of the incident.
"Emergency/security operatives were involved
in traffic management measures to forestall the occurrence of a secondary
accident, crowd control, giving medical care to the casualties and subsequently
moved them down to the General Hospital at Marina and Trauma Centre at Toll
Gate for further treatments.
"The (two adult male) who died at the scene
were subsequently handed over to SEHMU while the remaining two (an adult male
and an adult female) were later confirmed dead.
"The vehicles were taken off the road with the
aid of the agency's light tow truck and subsequently handed over to LCC officials who moved them down to
Maroko Police station."
Tiamiyu further urged motorists to always endeavor
to apply caution when driving on highways as well as abstain from drinking
alcohol before driving.
He noted that motorists should also ensure road
worthiness of their vehicles before embarking on journeys to avoid unnecessary
loss of lives
He however added that this particular incident will
be investigated by the security operatives while the state government would also
ensure the prosecution of the culprit to serve as deterrence to other errant
motorists.
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