Anxiety as woman collapses, dies on Lagos’ Mile 2 Bridge

An unidentified woman collapsed and died on the Mile 2 Bridge in Lagos State on Monday morning.

The woman was walking across the bridge in the early hours of the day when she suddenly collapsed and passed away before people could reach her.

A group of visibly shocked passersby gathered around the woman’s lifeless body while security agents and operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) made frantic efforts to get details of the family members.

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A commercial motorcycle rider who was close to the scene of the incident told journalists the woman was about to get on a motorcycle when she collapsed to the ground.

“The incident happened suddenly. Initially, I thought it was a simple fall but within a few seconds the woman started gasping for breath and before anybody could reach her, she stopped breathing,” he stated.

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