A yet-to-be-identified man has been confirmed dead following a fatal accident involving a vehicle and a motorcycle on Akarigbo Road, Sabo, Sagamu, Ogun State, on Sunday.
The state Police Command Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed this to our correspondent on Sunday.
Our correspondent learnt from the command that the incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday when the driver of a Toyota vehicle with the number plate LND125VD lost control and collided with a Bajaj motorcycle, number plate FFF450VH, ridden by Friday Oni.
The force of the collision, our correspondents learnt, threw both the commercial motorcyclist and a nearby pedestrian into an open drainage.
While the vehicle’s driver fled the scene to avoid arrest, gathered that both the motorcyclist and the pedestrian sustained varying degrees of injury.
The unidentified pedestrian was later pronounced dead by a doctor at the hospital where he was taken.
Odutola said, “The driver of the vehicle was reportedly heading towards Kara, Sabo, Sagamu when he collided with the motorcycle rider, who simultaneously struck a pedestrian walking along the road before falling into a gutter.
“The pedestrian and the motorcycle rider, whose names are yet to be identified, were immediately rushed to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital for medical attention. Unfortunately, the pedestrian gave up the ghost at the hospital.
“The driver of the vehicle fled from the scene of the accident, but his truck was set ablaze by the irate youths, before the arrival of the policeman and other agencies who visited the scene of the accident.”
She noted that the pedestrian’s body had been removed and taken to the OOUTH morgue, while the remains of the vehicle and the damaged motorcycle were recovered and transported to Sagamu for safekeeping and inspection.
