On the 16th of
September 2015 crying and sense of loss filled the Ejigbo street of Lagos
State, on Tuesday afternoon after an SUV rammed into a store, killing a
toddler.
An eight-year-old child was
killed, five other children, including three siblings of the deceased, were injured
after the crash which occurred around 3pm.
The incident which happened
at Olutimeleyin Street, Ejigbo, also destroyed goods displayed for sale inside
the store.
An eyewitness who spoke on
condition of anonymity, said that the female driver of the SUV was on a very
high speed when she lost control of the car and swerved into the store.
Passers-by and others who
witnessed the incident, reportedly rushed to the scene only to find five of the
children bleeding profusely on the floor, while one of them was already dead.
Sympathizers were said to
have held the female driver hostage after which they called an ambulance.
The driver was nearly
lynched but for the quick intervention of policemen from Ejigbo Division who
were alerted by an elderly man in the crowd.
The
policemen quickly rushed the wounded children to a nearby hospital for
treatment, while the battered body of the dead girl was covered with a wrapper.
The distraught mother of
the children who rushed to the scene, was also seen wailing uncontrollably
while firmly gripping the driver of the car that killed and wounded her
children.
The owner of Saint Jacobs
Hospital where the victims were rushed for treatment, Dr. Adeyemi, told
Vanguard that he only came out of his office to see a large crowd gathered in
the hospital with five girls who were injured as a result of the accident.
He explained that the girls
were seriously injured by the car, adding that if they had not been rushed to
the hospital immediately two others would have lost their lives too.
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