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Lagos Accident Victim Caught With Over 100 Used Pampers, Cash

A yet-to-be-identified accident victim around Mosalasi Roundabout, inward the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State has been caught than 100 pieces of used small children ‘diapers pampers’ and a huge sum of money suspected to be for the purpose of ritual.

This was disclosed by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, LASTMA, Taofiq Adebayo, in a statement he issued on Monday.

Adebayo said, “One of the passengers inside the commercial tricycle involved in the accident was caught with more than 100 pieces of used small children ‘diapers pampers’ with a huge sum of money of different denominations and was immediately handed over to policemen at the scene of the accident.”

According to LASTMA official, the crash involved three vehicles consisting of a Mazda commercial bus, a tricycle, and a white Camry car.

It was also learnt that one of the victims of the crash, a man, lost his life while he was being rushed to the hospital.

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Adebayo said that the driver of the Camry car with number plate, KJA 351 HG, while driving at top speed, rammed into the tricycle, causing the tricycle operator to lose control and in the process, obstructed an incoming Mazda commercial bus loaded with passengers.

Furthermore, Adebayo said the General Manager, LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, stated that the accident would have been averted if the driver was not driving at top speed.

The statement said, “Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority today rescued three severely injured accident victims comprising two males and one female at Mosalasi Roundabout, inward the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos.

“LASTMA Akanji Wasiu (Bravo 16), who led the rescue operations confirmed that the accident involved three vehicles, a Mazda commercial bus, FKJ 88 XH, a tricycle with number plate KJA 369 QM, and a white Camry car, KJA 351 HG, on the main carriageway at the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of a white Camry car lost control due to excessive speeding and hit a commercial tricycle from the rear while the tricycle went off balance and obstructed another incoming fully loaded Mazda commercial bus going to Iyana-Ipaja.”

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