The incident was said to have occured in the Tincan area, Apapa, on Monday.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the
victim, identified simply as Saidu, had been asked by the driver to come
down and watch the rear while the driver was reversing the trailer.
Our correspondent further gathered that
the driver, who was heading for Tincan through the Liverpool Bridge, had
wanted to take another route when he noticed the gridlock on the
bridge.
However, tragedy struck when the trailer climbed Saidu while the driver was reversing.
An eyewitness, who identified himself
simply as Umar, told our correspondent that the speed of the reverse
caught the conductor unaware, crushing him in the process.
He said, “The driver was impatience which caused the incident.”
It was learnt that policemen from the
Apapa division were called to the scene and they arrested the driver.
They were also said to have remove Saidu’s corpse to a morgue in the the
area.
One of Saidu’s relatives, an elder brother who gave his name simply as Abubakar, also blamed the accident on the driver.
He said, “Saidu did not even know this
driver. They only happened to meet by virtue of work. This man is a very
careless driver. Many people saw the crushed head of my brother. The
trailer crushed his head.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, Ngozi Braide, could not be reached for comments as a text
message sent to her phone had yet to be replied to as of press time.
PUNCH
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