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
An eyewitness, who declined to identify
himself, told PUNCH Metro, 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.
PUNCH Metro gathered that 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.
Our correspondent, who visited the
scene, observed that the deceased was
in her early twenties.
She 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.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the
decision was taken 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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