Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has revealed that a male adult has died from a road accident around the Onipanu area of the state.

In a statement on Sunday, the Head of the Public Affairs Unit-LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, said that following a walk-in report at the agency’s Onipanu Base, LASEMA activated its Cobra Response Team and arrived at the incident scene around 9.30pm.

He added that upon the arrival of the agency’s Response Team at the incident scene, it was observed that an adult male was hit by a vehicle, registration number unknown, and that the driver of the vehicle absconded with the vehicle immediately after the incident.

“The victim, a yet-to-be-identified adult male, sustained head injuries and was given urgent medical attention by the Agency’s Paramedics from the Pre-Hospital Care Unit before being swiftly transported to the Trauma Centre, Gbagada, for further treatment.

“The yet-to-be-identified adult male victim of the hit-and-run incident died while receiving urgent medical treatment at the Trauma Centre in Gbagada.

“The body was bagged and handed over to the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU) office at Bolade Bus Stop.”