Eight members of an extended family escaped death by a whisker when a
heavy metal ring being conveyed by a trailer crushed their vehicle. The
head of the family identified simply as Baba Bilikisu, his wife, four
children and the man’s parents were returning to Lagos after celebrating
the Sallah, Eid-el- Kabir outside the state.
The accident
occurred at Magboro bus stop in front of Western Metal Company Limited,
close to the long bridge. A witness, who gave account of the accident,
told our correspondent yesterday that but for the children in the Golf 2
car who requested to urinate, all the occupants of the vehicle would
have died when the steel ring fell off the trailer.
He said: “We
were at the bus stop when the steel ring fell off the trailer. It was by
mercy of God that the occupants of the car were saved. “The people were
coming from Ibadan for the Sallah break when the children were pressed.
Their daddy stopped and brought them out to urinate.
It was when
they had gone out of the car that one of the steel rings in the trailer
fell off and descended on the car.” Another witness, a motorcyclist,
who gave his name as Ojo, said Baba Bilikisu’s wife was the only one
left in the car sleeping. Ojo said the woman was saved by the
‘sharpness’ of her husband who suspected the steel ring would roll off
the trailer and quickly rushed to car to bring her out. He said: “They
were about 10 in the vehicle.
The ring damaged the driver section of the car. No life was lost as none of the family members was in the car.”
When
contacted, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ibafo, who
gave his name as Mr Lawal, said the matter was not reported to the
police. Also, the Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC),
Mowe Unit Command in charge of the corridor, Assistant Corps Commander
Oludare Ogunjobi, said the matter was not reported at his unit.
But
sources said officials of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) at
Wawa, Ogun State, impounded the trailer, the driver and towed the Golf
car to their station. When our correspondent visited the place
yesterday, the station officer refused to speak on the matter. But the
vehicles were parked at the station.
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