A polytechnic undergraduate in Lagos has been sent to an early grave after saving her younger brother from death.
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Bukola Ajayi, a 20-year-old undergraduate of Yaba College of
Technology, sacrificed her life for her younger brother on Tuesday after
the brakes of an overloaded trailer failed at the Ekoro junction, in
the Abule Egba area of Lagos State.
The trailer driver was said to have lost control of the vehicle,
which reportedly sped in the direction of a tricycle Ajayi and her
brother boarded.
Ajayi was taking her brother to school around 7am when the incident happened.
She reportedly pushed him out of the tricycle and out of harm’s
way. She was attempting to save herself when the trailer ran into the
tricycle, killing her.
Punch Metro reports that the incident caused a traffic jam in the area as sympathisers placed the corpse by the roadside.
Policemen from the Oke Odo division, officials of the Lagos State
Traffic Management Authority and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency
were said to have gone to the scene.
It was observed the trailer being towed away by a crane belonging to the LASEMA Response Unit.
The trailer, which tilted sideways, appeared to be loaded with plastics and some tarpaulin-shielded materials.
A witness, who did not want to be identified, said the trailer had first crushed a Tata bus before running into the tricycle.
He said, “The problem we have here is that the road slopes from
Abule Egba to Ekoro Road. Around 7.15am, the trailer was coming from
Abule Egba; it was supposed to turn towards Ile Epo, en route to Oshodi.
“However, when the vehicle’s brakes failed, the driver lost
control and the trailer continued its downward journey. First, the
trailer crushed a Tata bus and pushed it into a gutter. At this point,
everybody started scurrying to safety. The passengers in the tricycle,
where the lady was, also jumped out.
“The lady had sat by the entrance, while the boy sat on her
laps. The place where she sat was on the trailer’s path. She quickly
pushed her brother to the other side. As she moved to follow him, the
trailer crushed her.”
Punch Metro gathered that the suspect attempted to flee the scene,
but was nabbed by a mob which assaulted him before handing him over to
the police.
A family friend of the victim, who lamented the death, said she had
just finished her Ordinary National Diploma and just started her Higher
National Diploma when tragedy struck.
“She was the first child of a family of six. Her father is distraught at the moment. Her mother is also devastated,” he added.
A LASTMA official revealed that apart from the deceased, several others were injured in the accident.
He said no fewer than three tricycles were crushed by the trailer, adding that those affected had been taken to a hospital.
He said, “The accident involved an overloaded 16-tyre trailer,
which was moving from Ekoro junction inward Agbelekale. The trailer lost
its brakes and ran into several vehicles and three tricycles. A life
was lost. Those injured were taken to a hospital.”
The spokesperson for LASTMA, Mr. Mahmud Hassan, said the agency had
restored free flow of traffic, adding that LASEMA officials towed the
trailer to the police station.
“Motorists must always check their vehicles before putting them
on the road. The trailer affected had been overstretched with load and
that was what triggered the accident,” he added.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident.
She said the driver was in police custody while investigation had started into the crash.
“We have deposited the corpse in a morgue for autopsy,” Badmos added.
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