ACCESS BANK STAFF DIES IN 3RD MAINLAND BRIDGE FATAL ACCIDENT

At least one person was killed, while another person sustained serious
injury after a black Toyota Prado Sports Utility Vehicle somersaulted
on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State.
It was learnt that the two victims were employees of Access Bank Plc.
According to traffic officials, the vehicle with number plate,
AGL102BU, was on high speed when one of its rear tyres burst suddenly.
The driver of the vehicle was said to have applied the brakes
immediately, causing the vehicle to somersault many times until it
finally landed on the median.
It was learnt that officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management
Authority, led by the commander, Temitope Adebayo, raced to the scene
and evacuated the occupants of the vehicle.
An eyewitness, Michael Odetola, saidthat the incident occurred around 10.30am.
Odetola said, "The vehicle, which was inbound Oworonshoki, was on high
speed when one of its tyres burst. The vehicle somersaulted many times
before landing on the median. The driver of the vehicle died on the
spot as his head was fractured, while his blood spilled all over the
vehicle.
"The second guy survived and people moved him into another vehicle."
It was learnt that the surviving victim was rushed to Gbagada General
Hospital, while the corpse had been deposited at the mortuary.
LASTMA officials said that two identity cards, which showed that the
victims were employees of the Access Bank, were recovered from the
vehicle and had been handed over to the police.
The accident caused a traffic snarl from the accident scene to the
Lagos Island end of the bridge as many motorists alighted from their
vehicles to take pictures.
LASTMA Public Relations Officer, Bola Ajao, who confirmed the accident
to our correspondent on the telephone, urged motorists to drive safely
and avoid speeding, saying such caution would make it easy to overcome
eventualities on the road.