A hearing-impaired pedestrian was killed on Sunday in an accident involving two commercial minibuses along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, inward Maryland, Lagos State.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed the accident in a statement on Sunday, stating that one of the minibuses, while speeding, lost control and rammed into a stationary vehicle before hitting the pedestrian, who was waiting at a designated bus stop near Temac Filling Station.
The spokesperson for LASEMA, Taofiq Adebayo, stated that officers from the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and the Area F Police Division responded to the accident.
The statement read, “In a harrowing and unfortunate incident, a deaf pedestrian met a tragic and untimely demise while innocently awaiting a commercial bus at a designated 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 enquiries indicate that one of the vehicles, owing to reckless overspeeding, veered out of control and violently rammed into a stationary minibus before mercilessly mowing down 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.”
The victim’s remains were eventually removed by officials from the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit.
Sola Giwa, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, responded to the accident by warning commercial drivers against reckless driving and urging them to properly maintain their cars, particularly their braking systems.
Giwa also emphasised the importance of Lagos’ Intelligent Transport System, which monitors speed infractions at important places such as Alapere, Ogudu Road, and Nitel Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, while encouraging drivers to obey speed restrictions to protect lives and property.
“Ensuring road safety is a collective responsibility. Indiscriminate speeding and flagrant disregard for traffic laws constitute an existential threat to public safety. I implore all motorists to strictly operate within legal parameters to avert needless loss of human lives,” he stated.
