One Dead As LASTMA Rescues Suspected Ritualist, Other Accident Vctims In Iyana-Ipaja Lagos

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Monday disclosed that one of the victims of an accident that occurred in Iyana-Ipaja was caught with more than 100 used diapers.

LASTMA spokesperson Adebayo Taofiq in a statement said one of the three accident victims its operatives rescued died on the way to the hospital.

“Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today rescued 3 severely injured accident victims (2 males & a female) at Mosalasi Round-About inward Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos,” Taofiq said.

“Lastma Akanji Wasiu (Bravo 16) who led the rescue operations confirmed that the accident involved 3 vehicles, Mazda commercial bus (FKJ 88 XH), Tricycle (Keke Marwa KJA 369 QM) and a white Camry car (KJA 351 HG) on main carriage way at Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of a white Camry car lost control due to overspeeding and hit a commercial tricycle from the rear while the tricycle went off balance and obstructed another upcoming fully loaded Mazda commercial bus going to Iyana-Ipaja.

“Those rescued 3 accident victims were immediately rushed to different Hospitals by their relatives but unfortunately, one of those rescued (male) reportedly died along the road to hospital.”

According to LASTMA, those vehicles involved in the accident were immediately removed from the road to avoid impeding free flow of traffic and handed over to Policemen from Gowon Estate Divisional Police Headquarters for further investigations.

“One of the passengers (suspected ritualist) inside the commercial tricycle involved in the accident was caught with more than 100 pieces of used small children’s ‘pampers’ with huge sums of money of different denominations was immediately handed over to Police men at the scene of the accident.”

The General Manager (G.M) of LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, however, said that it was a ‘man-made’ accident that could have been prevented if over-speeding was avoided by the driver.

Oreagba maintained that the Lagos State government embarked on regular public education on the danger inherent in over-speeding by both private, commercial, and truck drivers across the State.

He warned motorists to ensure that their vehicles are in good condition, particularly the break before driving on Lagos roads. 

Update : One Dead, Four Rescued Under Abuja Collapsed Shopping Mall

 

At least one person has been confirmed dead, two still stuck in the rubble, and four rescued from a collapsed shopping mall in Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja.

how the mall, which is under construction, crumbled on Thursday night.

It was gathered that about six workers and a security guard, were within the premises of the mall when the incident occurred.

So far, four of the victims have been rescued with varying degrees of injury by officials of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), currently searching the ruins for one other persons reportedly stuck in the building

“Sadly, around 11 p.m. yesterday, we got a call that a building had collapsed and we rushed here to commence evacuation. It is very painful. The building was approved as a shopping mall, after the approval, the owner started altering it.

“The owner added some blocks to it, that is why the load became very heavy,” Ikharo Attah, an aide to the FCT Minister, disclosed.

He said the building was a two-storey building which had fallen flat and had been completed but the tiling work was ongoing before the incident.

Mr Attah, who is also the chairman of FCT Minister’s task force team, said his office will commence testing on the collapsed building and others in the area to ascertain the quality of materials used.

Afeez Olayinka, who was almost covered by the rubble, was among the three lucky victims that merely suffered minor injuries.

Mr Olayinka, an artisan, was awake when the building collapsed. He said he and one other person were within the building but not at the innermost part of it when the incident happened.

“The thing happened around 11:30, in the evening, we’ve entered inside to sleep already when the building collapsed. We were seven in number in the building. Five were already asleep while two of us were still working in the compound.

“When the thing happened, I noticed that the thing did not press me down much. So, I escaped with the other person. When I stood up from where I was, I saw a light through an opening, and I traced it till I got out.

Later on, we started hearing people’s voices,” he told journalists as FCDA officials continued to curb the rubble for the remaining two victims.