The driver of a heavy duty truck marked
KTU771XC, has been arraigned for alleged reckless driving which resulted
in the death of a three-month-old baby, Perfection Fatoki, while her
mother, Mary, sustained injuries in the mouth and the arm.
Source learnt that the mother and child were crushed on the Alagbado end
of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway by a truck driver who is still at
large. The fleeing driver, it was learnt, knocked down Perfection from
the comfort of her mother’s back, smashing her head in the process.
It
was learnt that the truck driver, McDonald Ogunlana, 46, had, while
trying to avoid a pothole, veered off the road where the nursing mother
was reportedly walking. However, another oncoming van, said to be on top
speed, rammed into Mrs. Fatoki and her daughter while trying to avoid
the same spot.
It was gathered that
the van driver took the victims to Onipanu General Hospital but he was
said to have fled with his vehicle when the baby died. Read the full story
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