His passenger, a young woman also broke an arm in the early morning accident.
Witnesses
told P.M.News that the accident occurred when the driver of a blue
Toyota Camry apparently lost control after experiencing brake failure.
A female okada passenger being taken to the hospital after suffering a broken arm in an accident on Agidingbi Road on Saturday
The
motorcyclist who was riding by the side of the road and heading towards
the Omole traffic point was crushed against a building on Plot 22,
Lateef Jakande Way, Agidingbi.
The
passenger’s left arm was broken into two and only held by her skin.
Many bystanders and others who rushed to the scene wept uncontrollably
at the scene of the accident.
The corpse of the rider was pulled from underneath the Camry car.
Men
of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC and the Lagos State Transport
Management Agency, LASTMA later rushed to the scene to take the two
accident victims to the hospital. The driver of the Toyota Camry was
arrested by policemen and taken away.
Lateef
Jakande way, where the accident happened is one of the 475 roads the
new traffic law of Lagos state prohibits okada riders from plying.
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