Operatives of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed that road mishaps has claimed the life of deaf pedestrian at Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, in Ikeja area of Lagos state.
The director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, LASTM, Adebayo Taofiq, in a statement weekend, stated that the deaf pedestrian met a tragic and untimely demise while innocently awaiting a commercial bus at a designated bus stop along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, inward Maryland, adjacent to Temac Filling station.
“The fatal collision involved two Suzuki mini commercial buses (Korope) bearing registration numbers EPE 279 YJ and BDG 558 YG.
“Preliminary inquiries indicate that one of the vehicles, owing to reckless over-speeding, veered out of control and violently rammed into a stationary mini bus before hitting the unsuspecting pedestrian.
“Demonstrating swift crisis intervention in alignment with the United Nations Response Time (UNRT), operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) promptly arrived at the scene, cordoning off the affected area and summoning law enforcement personnel from the Area F Police Division, who assumed custody of both vehicles for an exhaustive investigation.
“Simultaneously, the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU), responding to an emergency distress call from LASTMA officials, undertook the dignified evacuation of the deceased’s remains to the General Hospital, Ikeja,” Adebayo stated.