A year old baby, her mother and a driver narrowly escaped death this morning when their black Mitsubishi Montero Sports Utility Vehicle, SUV, fell off the Dopemu bridge on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
Our news desk learnt through an eyewitness that the accident occurred as the driver of the SUV was trying to manoeuvre his way to avoid a head on collision with a commuter bus whose driver was driving against traffic.
Immediately the SUV marked Lagos UB 787 AAA fell off the bridge, the Volkswagen faragon bus sped off and escaped arrest by officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, who were around the Dopemu Roundabout.
But the occupants of the SUV, the driver, Alex Stephen, Mrs. Adeyinka and her baby girl, one-year old Fadeyera Adeyinka, escaped unhurt. They were taken to a private hospital in Idimu, Lagos where they are being treated for shock.
A female food seller whose name could not ascertained as at press time, was inside the Dopemu branch of the Taxi Drivers Association Park, which is beside the bridge, escaped death, as the SUV, which crashed into the taxi park.
At least ten taxi drivers at the park engaged the driver of the SUV in a fight after they asked him to repair their park. The LASTMA officials who were at the scene of the incident resolved the matter.
At the time of filing this report, the SUV had been towed to the LASTMA office at Agege, Pen Cinema area.
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