CITIZENS COMPASS – A truck plying Iganmu-Apapa Expressway in Lagos State has reportedly crushed a five-year-old girl, simply identified as Bosede to death.
She reportedly met her untimely death while crossing the Expressway with her mother.
The Lagos State Police Command disclosed this on Sunday through its spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin on Sunday.
He said the report of the accident was received by the Iponri police Division on Saturday at about 11.30 a.m.
According to him, the accident occurred at Iganmu under bridge, inward Apapa,
The spokesman said it nvolved a truck driven by a yet to be identified driver.
He said the girl and her mother were allegedly crossing the Expressway when the truck hit and crushed her head, killing her on the spot
Hundeyin said police traffic officers from the division visited the scene and removed the corpse for burial by the family.
He said an investigation is ongoing for possible arrest of the fleeing driver.
