Scene of the crash. Photo: LASEMA

A dispatch rider was killed on Saturday in a multiple road traffic accident involving two trucks at Ijesha, inward Mile 2, Lagos.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency disclosed this in a statement signed by its Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu.

LASEMA said its Eagle Response Team “promptly responded” to the accident involving a FAW truck with registration number T-30364LA, an Iveco truck with registration number KSF 958 XV and a dispatch rider.

The agency said, “Preliminary investigation by the Eagle Response Team revealed that the accident was caused by reckless driving and wrongful road use by both truck drivers.