By Evelyn Usman &Efe Onodjae
Lagos State Visitors Administration Authority,LASTMA, operatives, yesterday, foiled the escape try of a Togolese driver who knocked down a pedestrian on the Adeniji Adele intersection, inward Ilubirin, Lagos Island.
The motive force of a Mazda automotive with registration quantity EPE 749 GS, was mentioned to have misplaced management of the car and rammed right into a pedestrian, who was making an attempt to cross the busy intersection.
Eyewitnesses mentioned the sufferer was left in a pool of his blood on the bottom whereas the driving force tried to flee the scene.
However LASTMA officers on patrol reportedly chased him down.
Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Division of LASTMA, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq, mentioned the fleeing motorist was apprehended and handed over to policemen connected to the Adeniji Adele Police Division for complete interrogation and subsequent prosecution.
He defined that emergency medical responders from the Lagos State Ambulance Service, LASAMBUS, swiftly activated by LASTMA personnel, conveyed the severely injured pedestrian to the Common Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, the place pressing and life-saving remedy was instantly administered.
The Common Supervisor of LASTMA, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, admonished motorists to embrace a strict sense of security consciousness each time behind the wheel, emphasizing that extreme velocity stays a main reason behind pointless tragedies on Lagos roads.
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