TRAGEDY: READ WHAT HAPPENED TO A POLICEMAN WHILE TRYING TO ARREST A DRIVER

TRAGEDY: READ WHAT HAPPENED TO A POLICEMAN WHILE TRYING TO ARREST A DRIVER

A policeman attached to Orile police division has been killed after he was run over by a trailer when he fell off a bus in a bid to arrest the bus driver.

According to Vanguard, the incident happened around 9 a.m on Wednesday, August 26, opposite Fatgbems filling station, along Oshodi-Apapa expressway. The driver of the commercial bus popularly called Danfo had stopped to pick up passengers in what was considered an illegal point.

The policeman was said to have jumped into the Danfo to apprehend the driver who sped off immediately. It was reported that in a bid to avoid colliding with a vehicle ahead that suddenly stopped, the driver applied his brakes which made the precariously hanging policeman fall on the road. A trailer that was speeding from behind then ran over him.

The policeman reportedly died immediately while the bus driver and his conductor abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene.

Rotimi Bakin an eyewitness who was a passenger in the bus said the driver was compelled to apply brake as the vehicle in front of him had stopped suddenly.

“The policeman jumped into the commercial bus while the bus was moving and picking passengers at the bus stop.

“All of a sudden, the commercial bus driver braked and the policeman fell off and a truck coming from behind hit him. The vehicle in front of the commercial bus had stopped. So the bus driver did same.”

Officials of Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Traffic Management Agency and policemen from Trinity and Orile divisions were there to manage the situation and took the body of the policeman away.

The body was first taken to Orile Police Station and later to Mainland Hospital mortuary, Yaba.