•A truck loaded with rice A police inspector, Afolabi Adeola, was reportedly killed after he was hit by a truck at a checkpoint along the Abeokuta–Sagamu Motorway in Ogun State. Our correspondent learnt yesterday that the incident occurred on Sunday, around 12:30 p.m. near the Judiciary Complex checkpoint in Abeokuta, reports The PUNCH. The tr...
Tragedy struck on Ifie Road in Warri South Local Government Area on Friday afternoon as a woman identified simply as Joy and one of her children were crushed to death by a fuel tanker. The deceased and her three children were said to be riding on a commercial motorcycle on their way home from school […]
•FRSC officials at accident scene Pandemonium broke out, yesterday when a truck crushed a yet-to-be-identified pedestrian to death, at the Iyana-Isashi U-turn, inward Mile 2 area of Lagos State. This is coming less than 24 hours, when a similar incident occurred with a pedestrian crushed to death and five others rushed to hospital for treatmen...
•Commercial motorcyclists a.k.a. Okada men A 71-year-old man, Dayo Komolafe, has been crushed to death by a 23-year-old motorcyclist, Temi Oluwole, in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The motorcyclist was alleged to have driven his motorcycle on a public highway dangerously and recklessly, reports Vanguard. Meanwhile, Oluwole has been consequent...
•Accident scene An early morning accident along Abuja-Kaduna expressway claimed 21 lives, today. The accident, it was learnt, involved a trailer truck and a passenger Humer bus heading for Kano and Batsari town in Katsina State, reports Daily Trust. An official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) who participated in the rescue operati...
•Scene of the accident Barely 24 hours after a truck rammed into a vehicle and a pedestrian in the Lafenwa area of Ogun State killing four persons and injuring two, another truck has crushed two persons to death in the Papalanto area of the state. The accident according to the spokesman for the Traffic Compliance […]
•A female biker An articulated truck has fallen on a female biker along the Apapa-Iganmu highway Lagos, killing her on the spot. The truck which was heading towards Iddo, fell off the bridge, trapping the biker around Sifax area, inward Iganmu bridge, reports Daily Trust. The accident which occurred this morning, created traffic snarls in [&he...
•Scene of the accident A fully loaded 40-foot container today fell on a Nissan car with registration number ABJ 692 BG, killing a female occupant of the car instantly while the driver of the vehicle escaped unhurt. In a statement signed today by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, the […]...
•FRSC operatives Homicide detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have taken into custody the driver of a Toyota Camry for allegedly running over a 5-year-old girl while reversing his car in the Ijaye Ojokoro area of the state. The victim identified as Fatima was confirmed dead in a hospital where she was rushed to, […]
•Scene of the accident The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority yesterday disclosed that it found two corpses under an empty diesel truck at the Barracks Bus Stop along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway. In a statement by the Public Relations Officer of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, yesterday, the accident occurred at the same location where a soldie...

