She failed to use the pedestrian bridge and got knocked-down while crossing the highway. Unfortunately, she died.Today a woman was knocked down and killed as she
attempted running across the busy highway just a about 30 metres away
from the Pedestrian bridge at Palmgrove area of Lagos. It
is a sad thing but one is tempted to ask why people take the risk of
crossing the highway like James Bond when a pedestrian bridge has been
provided to prevent such unfortunate incidents?
This was the debate in the BRT bus I boarded this morning on my way to the office at Lekki.
According
to some of the passengers, The Lagos state government’s laws stipulate
that the families of such victims as this woman would have to pay a
surcharge before they can claim the body. SEE MORE AFTER CUT>>>>
Now, this makes it a double loss, first the traumatic loss of a loved one and then the fact that you have to pay to get the body
Despite the fact that people are arrested for crossing the roads, they still do it... parents with children,
handicapped people, pregnant women and able bodied folks too may claim
that the climb up, across and down is strenuous, but is death by
hit-and-run a better option? In November 2003, Gov
Fashola, Fashola, while ordering the construction of five pedestrian
bridges along Lagos Epe Expressway in the state following an accident
where students were killed appealed to officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, to ensure that students crossing where there were no pedestrian bridges were assisted.
He also said drivers who killed pedestrians as a result of recklessness would be dealt with.
But today’s accident shows that the problem lies with the people too.
Please save your life
and use the pedestrian bridges. And if you have a visitor coming to
Lagos for the first time, tell them to never run across a Lagos road.
There is no reason to not use the pedestrian bridge, especially with everyone drivers inclusive in a hurry to nowhere
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