By Olasunkanmi Akoni
A commercial dispatch rider was on Wednesday crushed to death by a fuel tanker along Kodesho Road in Ikeja, Lagos, while the driver was later arrested by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) after attempting to flee the scene.
The accident occurred at about noon opposite MRS Filling Station, inward Awolowo Way/Oba Akran, along the Maryland-Ikeja axis.
According to LASTMA, the fully loaded tanker, with registration number T-19089 LA, was conveying 33,000 litres of groundnut oil when it struck the motorcycle rider, who died instantly.
The agency said the driver attempted to escape without rendering assistance to the victim or reporting the incident to the authorities.
