Policeman, Defence officer crushed while trying to rescue accident victims

A policeman and an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were crushed to death while attempting to rescue victims of a road mishap in the Ikeja area of Lagos State during the weekend.

According to the report, the officers attached to the State Traffic Division were informed of a multiple accidents around Ikeja-Along Bus Stop and had rushed to the scene around 7am.

DailyPost learnt that few minutes after rescuing the victims, the policemen and the NSCDC officer were hit by a reckless driver in a Sports Utility Vehicle while they were also attempting to recover the corpses of two pedestrians.

Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said the incident occurred a few minutes before the compulsory monthly sanitation exercise.

She said, “Around 7am, state traffic policemen were alerted of multiple accidents around Ikeja-Along Bus Stop. On getting there, the policemen observed the crushed corpses of two pedestrians at the centre of the expressway.


“A few metres away, there was another accident involving two commercial buses and a truck. The policemen were able to rescue the victims in the buses and conveyed them unto an ambulance. The policemen stood nearby the BRT Bus Stop to get a vehicle into which, they could put the corpses of the two pedestrians.

“However, some minutes later, a white jeep parked at the centre of the road for unknown reasons. Another vehicle, which was coming behind with high speed, did not notice the vehicle on time and attempted to avoid hitting the white jeep.

“In the process, the driver swerved to where the policemen were and knocked them down. One policeman died on the spot as well as the civil defence man. Another policeman was also injured but survived. Meanwhile, the driver has been arrested and investigations are ongoing.”

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