A driver stated to be driving drunk, on Saturday, knocked down two pedestrians close to the Mayfair Backyard, within the Epe space of Lagos State, significantly injuring them.
The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Division, Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, in a press release on Saturday stated operatives of LASTMA rescued the 2 pedestrians who have been significantly injured within the accident.
“The Particular Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, confirmed that the intense accident, which occurred round 6:30am, concerned a Toyota Camry (YAB 133 JY) and a industrial LT Bus (SMK 84 YB).
“Giwa confirmed additional that two injured pedestrians affected by extreme fractures to their legs and arms have been rescued from the principle Lekki-Epe Expressway,” he stated.
The LASTMA spokesperson stated, “The preliminary investigations revealed that the motive force of the Toyota Camry misplaced management of the car whereas drunk, putting the pedestrians as they have been crossing the expressway with their baggage.
“The motive force, nonetheless dashing after the preliminary collision, then crashed right into a industrial LT bus that was dropping passengers at a close-by bus cease,”
The assertion continued, “Giwa disclosed that LASTMA monitoring staff, after guaranteeing that the injured pedestrians have been transported to Akodo Common Hospital, promptly arrested the Toyota Camry driver together with two different occupants and handed them over to officers from the Elemoro Police Station.
“In accordance with Giwa ‘each automobiles have been shortly faraway from the expressway by LASTMA personnel to permit for the free move of site visitors in the direction of Epe’.”
The assertion added that Giwa prolonged his sympathies to the victims and emphasised the significance of highway security, urging all motorists, together with industrial bus drivers, to chorus fro