Hit-and-Run Driver Crushes Street Trader Death In Lagos (Photo) EletiofeMay

Hit-and-Run Driver Crushes Street Trader Death In Lagos (Photo)

EletiofeMay 26, 2021Read original

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According to a report by SaharaReporters, a street trader was on Wednesday crushed to death by an unidentified driver at the Ile-Epo axis of Lagos state.

The yet-to-be-identified man was reportedly found lying in the middle of the road after he was run over by the driver.

His wares (bottled water and soft drinks) and an umbrella were placed beside his lifeless body with visible stains of blood on his trousers.

Efforts to reach the police spokesman for Lagos State, Muyiwa Adejobi, were futile as calls and text messages to his phone lines were not responded to.

SaharaReporters observed that hit-and-run accidents in Nigeria hardly get reported in the media and the victims rarely get justice though such occurrences occur regularly.

Below is a timeline of about seven hit-and-run accidents documented in the media since January.

January 21: A middle-aged man was killed by a speeding driver along Ihiala-Owerri road in Anambra state. Both the driver and victim were unidentified.

January 26: A man, Emmanuel Adeosunbokan, was knocked down by a hit-and-run driver on his way to work. He died from the accident.

February 7: A hit-and-run driver killed a male adult who was crossing the road at Aroma junction along Onitsha-Enugu expressway in Anambra.