No fewer than three persons were killed early Monday in an accident at the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge toll gate in Lagos State.
The crash which happened around 1 a.m., involved two vehicles whose drivers survived without injuries.
According to a social media post from a user on X, @Drweloveu, the two drivers come out unharmed. “No scratch on their bodies. They came out hale and hearty, while their friends lay dead,” the user wrote.
The X user criticised the police for immediately handcuffing the surviving drivers instead of tending to the deceased on arrival.
“But instead of helping, the police who arrived at the scene handcuffed the survivors, acting like they didn’t care about the bodies on the ground,” the user further wrote
“People in the area, including elders, couldn’t believe what they were seeing. They begged the police to focus on taking the dead to the hospital or mortuary instead of arresting those who had just lost their friends.
“After many complaints, the police finally let them go, and the crowd began trying to help, searching for the families of those who had died,” @Drweloveu wrote in the post.
Reacting to the post, Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, said, “The police arrived at the scene and took occupants of the vehicles to the hospital. Unfortunately, three were certified dead, and the police took their bodies to Yaba mortuary.”
Hundeyin stated that the driver at fault was given medical attention and later released to his family. The PRO added that an investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing.
“The police equally took the driver at fault to the hospital for medical attention and left him in the custody of his family after they were contacted. Investigation is ongoing,” Hundeyin added