According
to PUNCH Metro, the deceased and three others were in the truck, otherwise
known as PSP, when it skidded off the Egbeda-Idimu Road and fell on its side.
The
three of the officials escaped unhurt but Idowu was not as lucky as the vehicle
(pictured) fell on him cutting him into two halves.
Eyewitnesses
claimed that the accident was caused by commercial bus drivers, who were
driving recklessly around Car Wash Bus Stop.
“The
accident was caused by commercial bus drivers who stopped to pick passengers
along the road at illegal bus stops around 7 a.m. The real bus stop is the BRT
one, but many commercial drivers usually ignore it.
“The
PSP truck overturned as its driver tried to avoid ramming into two commercial
buses filled with passengers. The commercial bus drivers were struggling to
overtake each other at the bus stop to pick passengers.
“The
deceased was caught under, with part of his body, from his chest, cut into half
and buried under the truck,” one of the eyewitnesses, who introduced himself
only as Emmanuel, narrated.
It
was learnt that the buses that allegedly caused the accident, drove off
immediately.
The
accident caused a gridlock which stretched from the road to the Iyana Ipaja end
of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
Many
bystanders as well as colleagues of the victim were seen crying at the scene.
Around
11 a.m., however, two cranes were brought to move the truck off the deceased’s
body.
May his soul rest in peace.
Punch
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