Danfo driver on one-way kills man driving to work

A private car owner was killed on Thursday by a commercial bus driver while driving against traffic (One-way) around the Meiran area of Lagos.

The driver of the Volkswagen commercial bus with number plate EPE 964 XX was reportedly driving against traffic with high speed when he collided with the private car – a  Honda Civic marked, EPE 666 BC.

A statement from the spokesman for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Taofiq Adebayo, quoted a LASTMA officer, Ajanlekoko Anthony, as saying that the accident occurred around 9:30am.

The driver of the Honda Civic car was said to havesustained serious neck injury and died instantly.

“It was confirmed that the dead driver was living inside Meiran Estate which is very close to the scene of the accident 

“LASTMA officials who were first emergency responders handed over the corpse to his relatives who came out from the estate.

Both vehicles were immediately removed from the road to pave the way for free vehicular movement for other road users.

“While the driver of the Volkswagen commercial bus that took one-way ran away, the vehicles were handed over to Policemen from Meiran Police Station.”

The General Manager Mr Bolaji Oreagba warned motorists to desist from disobeying traffic laws particularly driving against traffic.

“Driving against traffic (One-way) is awaiting dead trap on roads,” Oreagba said.