Two highway managers of the Lagos State Waste Management Agency was knocked down by a hit-and-run driver of a jeep on Monday, September 8, along Iyana Oworo Expressway in the state.
The victims named Lateefat Sulyman and Fatimoh Ajetunmobi were run over by the driver, who was on top speed and trying to beat traffic.
Sulyman (popularly called Iya Tawa) was crushed to death while Ajetunmobi was said to have been rushed to a hospital.
Scene of the incident
The driver managed to escape but his vehicle’s number plate fell in the process and has been handed over to security officials, Punch reports.
One of the colleagues of the deceased said, Iya Tawa who is an indigene of Abeokuta in Ogun State and the one taking care of her parents, had plans of resigning from the job in December and set up a business.
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