No fewer than five persons, including a pregnant woman and two children, lost their lives in an accident which occurred at Ago Okota Palace Way, Lagos on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.

An eyewitness, Uche Muoneke, disclosed that the accident occurred when two men attempted to take control of the steering of a Sienna car from its driver.

Muoneke said one of the men was a police officer, while the other was a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) official.

She added that the men were dragging the steering of the car with the driver of the private car when the accident occurred.

The eyewitness said: “The incident happened as a police officer was dragging the steering with the driver of a privately-owned Sienna car into Baywale Street, Balogun bus stop, Ago.

“I saw the officer as he dragged the car steering with the driver who refused to stop.

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“He dragged the steering with the driver till the car hit a Keke (commercial tricycle) driver carrying a pregnant woman with her two children.

“That was how the woman, her two children, the police officer, and the keke driver lost their lives this morning (Tuesday).

“The victims were crushed by the car after which some other police officers rushed to the scene and started shooting sporadically.”

Another eyewitness, Sunday Orji, said police officers in the area, after the incident, fired tear gas to prevent people from coming near the scene of the accident.

Orji added that other commercial tricycle drivers plying the route staged a protest over the incident.

The husband of the pregnant woman was also said to have fainted on sighting the blood-soaked bodies of his wife and children.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident, said an investigation has commenced.

Hundeyin, however, said he could not confirm the number of persons involved in the accident as well as those who lost their lives as of the time of filing this report.

The Star