By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) in its operations in collaboration with the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) intervened in two grievous road traffic tragedies precipitated by excessive speed and perilous road conditions induced by incessant rainfall.
In the first occurrence, a lone accident involving a Ford automobile, with registration number APP 413 YH, unfolded along Ozumba Mbadiwe Road by Kofo Abayomi Junction, inward Kilimanjaro/Law School, Victoria Island.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the driver, regrettably unrestrained by a seatbelt, lost control of the vehicle owing to high speed compounded by the rain-slicked roadway.
The violent collision caused the motorist to strike his chest forcefully against the steering wheel, rendering him critically unconscious.
In a related tragic development, a multiple-vehicle collision occurred between a Coaster bus (NCA 118 XB) and a Mini bus (FKJ 118 XB) at Volks, inward Abule-Ado.
Investigations disclosed that the coaster bus, travelling at an speed on the slippery highway, lost control amidst the torrential downpour and violently rammed into the mini bus.
LASTMA personnel, with swift collaboration from medical responders, extricated two gravely injured male victims and urgently transported them to GMC Hospital, Ilaje, Abule-Ado for immediate treatment.
