A car with registration number Lagos EC 310 SMK on Saturday rammed into the New Orisunbare Market at MDS area in Osogbo, Osun State, after knocking down a 16-year-old girl. The men of the Osun State Ambulance Service got to the scene few minutes after the incident.
The victim, whose name could not be ascertain by our correspondent immediately, sustained serious injury and was rush to Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital.
She was rejected at LTH hospital as she was in coma but she was eventually taken to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital in Ile-Ife. Daily Trust learnt that the car driver ran away to avoid mob action.
The car also hit another car with registration number Lagos LND 186 BK from behind as the second car tumbled on the middle of the road.
Eyewitnesses told Daily Trust that some policemen were chasing the car because the driver contravened the traffic at Ola-Iya junction by refusing to stop when the traffic light was on red.
A commercial motorcycle operator who was coming behind the car when the incident occurred told Daily Trust that the driver lost control while trying to evade arrest as the policemen chased him.
Officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) controlled the traffic at the scene as policemen from State Traffic Section evacuated the two cars from the scene.
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| Moment the car rammed into the Market |
She was rejected at LTH hospital as she was in coma but she was eventually taken to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital in Ile-Ife. Daily Trust learnt that the car driver ran away to avoid mob action.
The car also hit another car with registration number Lagos LND 186 BK from behind as the second car tumbled on the middle of the road.
Eyewitnesses told Daily Trust that some policemen were chasing the car because the driver contravened the traffic at Ola-Iya junction by refusing to stop when the traffic light was on red.
A commercial motorcycle operator who was coming behind the car when the incident occurred told Daily Trust that the driver lost control while trying to evade arrest as the policemen chased him.
I was coming behind the car. He was on top speed because two policemen that were inside a Korope (mini commercial bus) were chasing him. He knew they were chasing him and he was running fast.
That was why he hit another car, knocked down a girl and rammed into a shop in the market. The policemen that were chasing the car, one male and one female disappeared immediately the accident happened.”
It was God that saved me and my passenger; see my leg, as I also sustained injury. But I thank God. The lady that was knocked down sustained serious injury on her head as her body was also shattered. I just pray that she would survive but I doubt it”, the Okada rider said.Police Public Relations Officer in the state said the policemen at Ola-Iya junction could not have chased the car because there was no vehicle attached to them. She assured that the matter would be investigated diligently.
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