Paul Iyoghojie

Tragedy occurred on Obalende Bridge on Saturday at about 4pm when a fast moving Kia saloon car with plate number JJJ 537 DP crushed a mechanic, identified simply as Waidi to death and threw him off the bridge.

The victim’s body, it was learnt, landed in a residential area under the bridge with broken head and legs.

When P.M.NEWS correspondent arrived the scene at about 4.25pm huge crowd had gathered on the Obalende bridge trying to catch a glimse of the scene, while the police from the Lion Building Division and the officials of the ambulance section of the Lagos Island General Hospital were also seen evacuating 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 that had built up on the bridge.

An eyewitness informed our correspondent that the accident occurred when the victim, a resident of Bariga area of Lagos drop 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.

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.”

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.

Efforts made to contact the Task Force Chairman for comment was frustrated by the Unit’s PRO.

www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/02/13/car-kills-mechanic-throws-him-off-obalende-bridge/

Pic 1: The body of Waidi, a mechanic, crushed to death Saturday on Obalende Bridge, Lagos

Pic 2: The KIA car that crushed Waidi to death on Obalende Bridge on Saturday, 13 Feb 2016

Pic 3: Crowd at the scene where Waidi was crushed to death in Lagos on Saturday, 13 Feb 2016.

Chaii, Nna this death nah painful one oo..

RIP to him.

With the impact on the car, it's either Kia is made of Carbon paper or the deceased is an Iron man...

Rip

Graphic pics: Couple and their two children involved in fatal accident in Gombe state - http://9jahome.com.ng/2016/02/graphic-pics-couple-and-their-two-children-involved-in-fatal-accident-in-gombe-state/

May the Almighty rest his soul and may any Nairalander never meet such ghastly and untimely end.


AMEN!




AMIN!

D

Strange!

Eaya may his rest in peace.

Omg ... RIP
Cnt get that i age outta my head

Awww RIP...The Irony of the whole thin' is that he was killed by a Car....Dont know why...i've been Infatuated with Death these past Months...Thoughts of Dyin' is Kinda Scary...I hope to come to terms with Myself that One Day i am also goin' to Die

RIP MAN!!

Who drove the car

Very Graphic

may we or our loved ones be not partakers of this and future attacks iJn

Rip

What a Tragedy!!! RIP

hakeem4:

I really tink u nneed to reset ur tinking !!! Baby

RIP

i tink cross -over bridge shud be done there..

Naija, na God dey save person

Wtf

RIP. Life is a mystery...some things happen that we can't explain.

Matches is still 10 naira ooooo....i don tire

OMG! Oluwa o, bi a se nwa nko ta je lo, maje ka pade nko ti o jewa o.

May his soul find eternal rest.

hakeem4:

Ogbeni, don't be silly!

Looku kooku pipul full lag.

Nigerians are animals, even if a pedestrian bridge is built there.... they would pretend like there's no bridge there

Rip mechanic

hakeem4:

r u okay