Tricyclist, 3 others die in Lagos autocrash

Monday, August 24, 2020 12:07 pm

File: FRSC officials rescue an accident victim

Four persons were killed in an autocrash involving a Toyota Camry and a stationary tricycle on the Lagos – Epe expressway on Sunday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the Camry, with registration number LSR-724-FW, lost a tyre while on top speed, rammed into a man washing his tricycle and somersaulted into a ditch.

Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, told NAN that the accident occurred at about 5 p.m. on Sunday.

The LASEMA boss said that all the three adult male occupants in the Toyota Camry and the tricycle rider lost their lives in the accident.

He said that the state emergency response team and police officers from nearby Odo-Noforija Divisional Headquarters had evacuated

the remains to Epe General Hospital.