LASTMA Denies Crushing Expectant Mother to Death

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) yesterday described as fake news, a claim that one of its officers crushed a pregnant woman to death at Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos.

LASTMA Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Mr. Adebayo Taofiq, said in a statement that the story trending online was not what transpired at MRS Filling Station, Ikeja.

He said the woman was not dead, neither was she pregnant nor hit by a LASTMA official, rather she was the victim of a dangerous driving by the driver of a mini commercial bus, popularly known as Korope.

He explained that the driver, upon sighting a LASTMA Patrol Van in front of the petrol station queuing to fuel up, attempted to flee unmindful of the woman sitting inside the vehicle, by its open door.

She fell off the bus and was immediately rushed to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), for medical treatment.

According to LASTMA, the woman was not dead as alleged, but sustained minor injuries and was treated and discharged.