A truck driver assistant was crushed to death while attempting to stabilise a moving truck by placing a wooden plank beneath its tyres in the Ogolonto area of Ikorodu, Lagos State
This is just as the driver was arrested by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, who were on a 24-hour night patrol of the area and handed over to the police.
Punch Metro learnt on Thursday from a statement by the LASTMA Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq, that the incident occurred on Wednesday night.
Taofiq noted that preliminary findings indicated that the truck had developed a failed brake system, and while the motorboy was attempting to stabilise the truck’s speed with a wooden plank, he was run over and d!ed at the spot.
Taofiq stated, “In a distressing and avoidable tragedy that unfolded late last night, November 12, 2025, officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority Special Night Gang Patrol Team apprehended the driver of a heavily loaded truck after he fatally crushed his motor boy to death at Ogolonto Traffic Light Intersection, inward Ikorodu Roundabout.
“Preliminary findings from the joint security investigation revealed that the deceased motor boy had alighted from the moving loaded truck to assist the driver in stabilising the truck by placing a wooden plank beneath its tyres, as the braking mechanism of the vehicle was reportedly defective. In the course of this effort, the unfortunate motor boy slipped and fell beneath the rear tyres, which ran over him, resulting in his instantaneous and tragic death.
He noted that the driver was handed over to the police for further action, while the body of the deceased was deposited at the Ikorodu General Hospital.
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