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A truck driver, Kabiru Ademola, has
been arrested by the police for allegedly crushing a pedestrian to death
in the Mushin area of Lagos State.
We learnt that the
driver was speeding with another truck when he lost control around
2.30am on Sunday and killed the victim, identified as Kamoru Ibrahim.
Our correspondent was told that the
IVECO trailer, with number plate, KRD 630 XP, also hit a Toyota Camry
parked by the roadside in the area.
Officials of the Lagos State Fire
Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and Policemen from the
Alakara division responded to the incident.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire
Service, Rasak Fadipe, said the Isolo fire station got to the scene
first, adding that when the firefighters couldn’t do anything, they
alerted LASEMA.
A LASEMA official, who did not want to be identified, said the incident happened around 2.30am.
He said, “The accident happened on Agege
Motor Road, Mushin. The trailer carried gravel and the driver engaged
in a race with another truck. In the process, the driver crushed a
38-year-old pedestrian, Kamoru Ibrahim. The man was trapped under the
truck and we had to use our equipment to extricate his remains from the
trailer. The trailer also damaged another car parked by the roadside
before coming to a halt.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP
Dolapo Badmos, said the suspect was in police custody, adding that the
victim’s corpse had been deposited in a morgue for autopsy.
“The trailer veered off the road and hit the pedestrian, who died on the spot,” she said.