Tragedy as truck overturns, crushes man to death on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

A yet-to-be-identified man has died after he was reportedly knocked down by a truck in a suspected hit-and-run accident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State.

The incident occurred shortly before 1pm on Wednesday around the OPIC corridor of the expressway.

The victim, believed to be a young adult, was reportedly trying to cross the road from the Lagos-bound carriageway towards the roadside when the accident happened.

According to eyewitnesses, a speeding truck hit the man and ran over him before the driver allegedly drove away from the scene.

The impact left the victim with fatal injuries, with parts of his body reportedly scattered across the carriageway, causing motorists to slow down and manoeuvre around the scene.

An eyewitness, identified as Nojeem, said the man was crossing the highway when the truck hit him.

Nojeem lamented the frequency of fatal incidents along the busy route and called for the construction of a pedestrian bridge to reduce the risk faced by people attempting to cross the expressway.

When the scene was visited shortly after 2 pm, the victim’s remains were still on the road.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said TRACE officials, alongside members of the Amotekun Corps, were deployed to control traffic following the crash.

Akinbiyi described the incident as a hit-and-run case at the OPIC bus stop on the Lagos-bound side of the expressway.

He said the crash had affected traffic movement, while efforts were underway to clear the remains from the carriageway and roadside.

In a later update issued around 6pm, Akinbiyi confirmed that the body had been removed from the road by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.

He added that the evacuation had been completed and normal vehicular movement had been restored along the affected section of the expressway.

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