Thursday 26 July 2012

SUV PLUNGES OFF LAGOS BRIDGE



A year old baby,her mother and a driver narrowly escaped death
Wednesday morning when their black Mitsubishi Montero Sports
Utility vehicle (SUV) fell off the Dopemu Bridge on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway,Lagos,Southwest Nigeria. PM News learnt
through an eyewitness that the accident occurred as the driver of the SUV was trying to manoeuvre his way to avoid a head-on
collission with a bus whose driver was driving against traffic.Click
on read more below to continue....

Immediately,the SUV marked UB787 fell off  the bridge,the 
Volkswagen Faragon Bus sped off and escaped arrest by officials 
of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) who were around the Dopemu roundabout.But the occupants of the SUV,Alex Stephen,Mrs Adeyinka and her baby girl,one-year-old
Fadeyera Adeyinka escaped unhurt.They were taken to a private
hospital in Idimu,Lagos where they were treated for shock.

A female food seller who was right inside the Dopemu branch of the Taxi Drivers Park which is beside the bridge, escaped unhurt
as the SUV crashed into the park. Consequently,taxi drivers at the
park engaged the SUV driver in a fight after they asked him to
repair their damaged park.LASTMA officials who were at the
scene of the incident, however,resolved the matter.The SUV was
later towed to LASTMA office at Agege,Pen Cinema area.
 

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