A police officer attached to Orile Division died in a motor
accident opposite Fatgbems Filling Station, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway at
about 9a.m., yesterday.
It was learned that the deceased, while
attempting to apprehend a commercial bus (Danfo) driver, who was picking up
passengers along the road, jumped into the moving bus with number plates
KJA305XL.
The bus sped off, while trying to escape, and
hit another car with number plates LND340DF. The sudden stop made the
policeman, who was hanging on the bus, to fall.
An eyewitness told Vanguard that as the cop
fell, a trailer ran over him, killing him instantly, as the commercial bus
driver and his conductor took to their heels, abandoning the vehicle.
Vanguard gathered that the driver of the car,
which the bus driver hit, was travelling for his father’s burial when he
incident occurred.
Operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, and policemen from Trinity and Orile Divisions were there to ensure free flow of traffic as onlookers besieged the area.
Operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, and policemen from Trinity and Orile Divisions were there to ensure free flow of traffic as onlookers besieged the area.
-Vanguard
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