Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Saturday arrested a “reckless private car driver” who killed a passerby in a lone accident around the Ogba area of Lagos State.
The LASTMA’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Mr Adebayo Taofiq, who made this known in a statement said that the fatal accident occurred around Yaya Abatan by College Road, Ogba in Ikeja, Lagos State capital in the early hour of Saturday.
Taofiq said that preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of an unregistered white ‘Mercedes Benz’ (CLA 250) car lost control as a result of over speeding and hit a passerby who died instantly.
“LASTMA personnel apprehended the driver while running away after he saw that the innocent passerby has died as a result of the accident,” he said.
The LASTMA’s Commander, Agege, Iju-Ifako axis, Akinola Ganiyu, who led the agency’s rescue team confirmed that the driver was handed over to policemen from Area ‘G’ Police Command who were also at the scene of the accident for further investigations.
