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| The fully-loaded articulated vehicle after falling off on Airport Road, Mafoluku-Oshodi, Lagos that got the woman trapped underneath |
A middle-aged woman, Ifeoma Oraka, who
was hit by a trailer and got trapped under the vehicle on Friday morning
at Second Rainbow Bus Stop, on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, was
allegedly ignored by policemen at the scene.
The incident, our correspondent learnt, happened in
front of a police station and in the presence of some policemen.
An eyewitness told Saturday PUNCH that the incident happened around 10 am as the woman stood at the bus stop waiting to board a bus.
An eyewitness, who identified himself simply as Chibuzor, said Many people stood there looking at her
under the trailer apparently thinking she was dead because the trailer
had crushed her legs. Policemen stood all around too controlling the
traffic, which I did not think was the most important think at the time.
“I talked to a taxi driver who agreed to
take the woman to the hospital. To ensure that she got prompt attention
at the hospital, I approached the policemen to at least follow us to
the hospital but they shouted at me to get away.”
Chibuzor said even though the woman had to be dragged from under the trailer half-dead, the policemen showed no sympathy.
He said they were only concerned about impounding the two buses that were also involved in the accident.
However the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ngozi Braide, has
maintained that the victim could not have been ignored by policemen.
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Na wa for Naija sef.....If true....then that is very un-human and un-kind from the Nigeria Police that refused to assist an accident victim.
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