The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has confirmed the death of a dispatch rider after he was struck by a fully loaded HOWO diesel tanker (RBC 38 XF) under the Cele Bridge corridor of the Apapa–Oshodi Expressway
In a statement on Wednesday signed by Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq, LASTMA said security reports showed the tanker “violently rammed into the dispatch motorcycle, causing the rider to be trapped underneath the tanker,” and he “died instantly.”
LASTMA personnel stationed along the route immediately cordoned off the crash site with cones and cautionary red tape to prevent secondary collisions and safeguard other commuters.
The statement added that the tanker was impounded by LASTMA officials, while the driver “absconded upon perceiving the gravity of the incident.”
Operatives of the Ijesha Police Division arrived to reinforce security and assumed investigative responsibility.
LASTMA handed over the deceased rider, the impounded tanker, and the damaged motorcycle to the police for “thorough investigation and diligent prosecution.”
The remains of the rider were retrieved from beneath the tanker and conveyed to a morgue in Yaba.
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