Graphic Photos of Mechanic Crushed to Death in Obalande

Posted by Thandiubani on Sun 14th Feb, 2016 - tori.ng

A mechanic was tragically crushed to death and thrown off a bridge after a fast moving car hit him as he tried to cross the bridge at Obalande, Lagos.

Mechanic crushed to death by the speeding car at Obalande

A speeding Kia saloon car has crushed a mechanic to death and threw him off Obalende Bridge on Saturday at about 4pm.

The car with plate number JJJ 537 DP crushed the mechanic, identified simply as Waidi killed the man. He landed in a residential area under the bridge with broken head and legs.

The police battled the huge crowd as officials of the ambulance section of the Lagos Island General Hospital evacuated the corpse of the victim into a van with registration number SMK 302 BK to the mortuary.

Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, were around to control the heavy traffic caused by the incident.

According to PMnews, the accident occurred when the victim, a resident of Bariga area of Lagos dropped off a bus atop the Obalende bridge and dashed across the road to the other side to continue his journey, unknown to him that a fast moving car was approaching.

Crowds trying to catch a glimpse

According to a motorist, Solomon Ikhide, “dropping picking up of passengers by bus drivers has been causing fatal accidents on the bridge daily.

“Though the police at the Lion Building Division led by the DPO in charge, CSP Antonia Tanaruno and the LASTMAastma officials at Olowu have been doing their best to dislodge the drivers, I am now appealing to the Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation, SP Olubukola Abe to please deploy his men atop the Obalende bride to assist the police stop illegal loading of passengers to prevent accidents and the untimely deaths on the bridge.”

The car that killed the mechanic

Another eyewitness, Mr Jude Eshiet, said accidents have claimed the lives of more than ten passengers on the bridge this year alone.

“Security officials should henceforth not allow the death toll to continue and any driver arrested there loading or dropping passengers should be charged to court to serve as a deterrent to others,” Eshiet said.