Get Guardian on GoogleThe Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), yesterday, apprehended an articulated truck driver after crushing a scavenger, pushing wheelbarrow, to death by Mile 12 Market, Ikorodu Road, Lagos.
The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq, in a statement said preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of an articulated truck lost control while on top speed, ramming into a scavenger pushing a wheelbarrow on the main carriage way inward Ketu, Lagos.
He claimed that the scavenger was rescued alive by LASTMA officers but later died while rushing him to a nearby hospital for medical treatment by security personnel.
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