Mob attacks police, lastma officials as truck kills pupils in Lagos accident

Lagos witnesses another dark day as an out of control articulated truck ran into over 20 homebound pupils along the Ogunusi Road, Grammar School Bus Stop, in Lagos on Tuesday afternoon.

The homebound pupils wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them.

A mob, comprising angry youths and passersby, immediately gave chase to the truck before the police finally apprehended the driver in Ogba area

However, the mob reportedly lynched some policemen and descended on officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, even as police officers fired teargas canisters to disperse the mob.

Emergency responders including operatives of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency turned back from the scene in the ensuing riot, The Punch reports.

The Lagos truck accident grounded vehicular movement as motorists deserted the road and stranded commuters trekked long distances.

LASEMA, in a situation report after the incident, confirmed the development in a statement titled, ‘Situation Report on the truck accident at Ogunusi Road, Grammar School bus-stop, Ojodu Berger,’ signed by Yemi Sule of LASEMA Public Affairs Department.

The statement read, “The Agency received a distress call at 2:56 pm about a truck accident at Ogunusi Road, Grammar School Bus-stop, Ojodu Berger.

“However, the information gathered from LASTMA and NPF Officials at the scene revealed that an unidentified truck lost control and rammed into students returning from School.

“The incident led to severe injuries to some victims, others were discovered dead.

“This unfortunate incident provoked some bystanders into taking laws into their hands by lynching NPF, LASTMA officials and other first responders at the scene, destroying vehicles and other properties.

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“The number of fatalities and casualties could not be ascertained as at the time of reporting.

“The attack by the miscreants led the Emergency Team to head back to base as the scene was insecure and unsafe for rescue and recovery operations.”

Meanwhile, the Federal Road Safety Corps has said that its officers were not involved in the cause of the crash, saying that its officers were only called upon by passersby to help intervene after the Lagos truck accident had happened.