A motorcycle rider, Tochukwu Odoh, has fallen of a bridge in Lagos, dying instantly.
The remains of Odoh was deposited by policemen attached to Ijora Badia Police Station at the Apapa General Hospital Mortuary, Lagos State.
Police spokesperson in Lagos State, Ngozi Braide, who confirmed the death of Odoh, said another ghastly accident also occurred at Ikotun area of Lagos State, where a commercial bus knocked down two pedestrians, killing one and inflicting the second victim with life threatening wounds.
Braide explained that on February, 7, 2014, at about 8pm, there was a report at Ijora Badia Police Station that an unregistered Honda motorcycle, with Odoh behind the wheel, of Coast Street, Ebute-Metta, fell off the bridge into 7up Bottling Company Plc, Ijora premises.
The victim died on the spot and the corpse deposited at Apapa General Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
Narrating how the second accident occurred at Ikotun, Braide said: “On February 7, 2014 , there was a report at Ikotun Police Station that at Wazobia Bus Stop Okerube, Ikotun, a commercial vehicle with registration number, XT 793 EKY, driven by one 32-year-old Ikechukwu Kenneth, hit two pedestrians later identified as Ezekiel Olaloye, 20-year-old and David Olaloye, 18-year-old. Both victims were rushed to a nearby hospital in Ikotun, where one of them, Ezekiel Olaloye later died. The corpse has been moved to Isolo General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.”
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