Woman dies in ghastly car accident

By Evelyn Okakwu

An accident involving Mercedes Benz with plate number, Lagos EH 574-EKY and a pedestrian along Berger Bridge has lead to the death of  a middle aged  woman.

Speaking  to our correspondent on the incident, an eye witness, Dahiru Garba, said the accident occurred when a vehicle dropped off a woman along Berger high way,  along Mabuchi.  The road

He said the woman was about crossing the road when a Mercedes Benz moving on high speed hit the woman from behind.

The driver of the Mercedes Jacob Ikpe obviously became confused and tried nervously to stop the car, but ended up hitting a pedestrian, barricade made of iron. The result, according the eye witness account was that the driver smashed his head causing a serious injury on himself.

Dahiru added that although the woman was in a critical condition before reaching the hospital, she obviously died before they arrived at the Hospital.

 His words; “The woman was badly hit by the car. He was coming on a high speed and the woman was just about to cross the road. It was evident that at the time when he saw the woman, it was already too late for him to reduce speed. Somehow he tried to stop, but evidently, he was confused and ended up at that iron Barricade where he smashed his car. She was still glued to the car when it stopped.

At the hospital, we were almost certain that she was already dead but we waited first for the Doctor to confirm. Several Doctors examined her before they finally came and told us that the lady was dead”.

Although information from the office of the Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the National  hospital, Dr Haastrub Ayo said that Mr Ikpe was being examined and placed under oxygen, other efforts to get  the name of the dead woman, as at the time of filing this report proved abortive.