GHASTLY ACCIDENT ON KIRIKIRI LINK BRIDGE – 1 DEAD 2 INJURED

The Lifeless being carried away

There was a ghastly accident involving a Toyota car and a motorcycle which ended up killing the commercial bike operator and injuring his two passengers on the Kirikiri link bridge in Kirikiri town, Lagos.

 Eye witness says that the car with registration number (LND-341-BS) was on a top speed about to overtake another car while the oncoming commercial motorcycle plying one way was also speeding when the collisions took place. The bike man sought to whisk away while the vehicle driver also tried but for the loaded articulated truck (tanker) parked along road discharging petroleum products, this made the swing over difficult and left both drivers absent choice.

The affected motorcycle

These tankers parked on the bridge moved swiftly one after the other when the accident happened and the bridge immediately became unobstructed.

The driver of the car was said to have vanished after the accident. It was some of the people who claimed to be his friends that tried to figure out how to take the cadaver to the hospital.

The affected motorcyclists' colleague as they pleaded with a motorist to carry the body to the hospital but the motorist refused

Fellow commercial motorcycle operators (okada riders) rallied around their colleague and took his body out of the road.  They all looked absolutely helpless at the face of their colleagues’ plight.

The Lifeless body being carried away

Kirikiri News observed that The was no police presence, Federal Road Safety Commission personnel’s at the accident scene as their full concentration was channeled towards the fire incident at the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) terminal. These two incidents happened at almost the same time. The NUPENG task Force known to control tankers on the link bridge turned out to be invincible.

The accidental vehicle 

However, the injured and the lifeless were taken to New Nigeria hospital.

Motorcyclists on top of the scene at the kirikiri link bridge

“These tankers have caused so many atrocities on that bridge while doing illegal business on the bridge. This is the only bridge linking Kirikiri town (Oriade LCDA) to Ajegule (Ajeromi- Ifeolodun LGA). We have no other bridge. Even with a record of no maintenance on that bridge, it has stood long enough since constructed. These loaded tankers park there sometimes in two lanes causing series of accidents every day and further diminishing the bridges life span. The bridge is at the brink of collapse” A community elder spoke to Kirikiri News after being briefed of the accident and causes.