In a bid to evade arrest, a man suspected to be a thief has reportedly sustained varying degrees of injuries after being knocked down by a hit and run driver in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State.
News About Nigeria gathered that the suspect was hit by a fast-moving vehicle while trying to escape from an angry mob after scaling a fence.
He had allegedly broken into an apartment in the community in the early hours of Friday and took to his heels immediately residents in the area became aware of his activities.
Unfortunately for him, he ran into the expressway and got hit by a speeding vehicle.
He had been discovered lying unconscious on the road on Sunday, with different parts of his body swollen and filled with bruises.
Eyewitnesses around the area confirmed the incident.
A trader, identified as Ganiyat Enitan, who owns a shop close to the bridge, stated that the accident victim had been on the spot since the incident happened.
He said, “We met him there on Friday morning and he has been there since then. We were told that he was caught scaling a fence at midnight and those who saw him decided to chase him. He was trying to run across to the other side when he ran into a vehicle that knocked him down.”
Another witness, simply identified as Sesan also confirmed the incident, stating that the victim was initially lying on the bridge walkway before he rolled into the main road.
“We saw him this morning on the main road. It was later that some LASTMA officials came to put a tyre behind him as a caution to prevent vehicles from climbing him,” he stated.
Meanwhile, a transport worker, Saheed Adekunle, has urged the state government to evacuate him from the spot before he gets run over by a vehicle.
He said, “We want the state government to come and remove him from here. If he spends longer time on the road where he is now, I am sure he will be crushed by a vehicle. The tyre LASTMA put there is not enough to stop that. Those trucks you see drive roughly and often climb the walkway. So, how much more on the road where is lying.”
