Man making video call while crossing the road crushed to death

It was a tragic end for a 26-yr-old man, Olajide Asade on Wednesday, as he was crushed to death by a car while he was making a video call to his girlfriend.

The accident, which occurred at the Adedero village on the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu Expressway, involved a Honda Odyssey car with number plate AAA 589 FV, which was conveying crates of eggs.

According to eyewitnesses, the deceased was making a video call to his girlfriend while crossing the road when the accident occurred.

Sources said the deceased and his brother boarded a car from the Kuto motor park in Abeokuta, but the vehicle developed a mechanical fault on the road.

The sources further disclosed that while other passengers were standing by the roadside waiting for the driver to repair the vehicle, the deceased reportedly concentrated on the video call.

The deceased’s brother, Azeez, said they were both travelling to their mother’s residence in the Ajah area of Lagos State.

Azeez also confirmed that his brother had been making a video call to his girlfriend since they took off from Kuto in Abeokuta, adding that they left their apartment at Ijoga in Abeokuta very early in the morning to embark on the journey.

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Azeez further maintained that the driver of the car, who hit Olajide, was on a normal speed.

Also, the driver, whose car hit the deceased, Bolaji Balogun, said Olajide was the one who bumped into his vehicle.

Balogun, who works for an agro firm, said he was going to the Obasanjo Farm to purchase crates of eggs for his company, adding that the deceased had already got to the front of his car before he could apply the brakes.

Confirming the accident, the spokesman of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said there were two male occupants in the vehicle that killed Olajide.

He also said that eyewitnesses narrated that a pedestrian was on a call while crossing the road and was knocked down by a vehicle heading for Abeokuta.

He stated: “There is a road diversion along the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu interchange due to the ongoing reconstruction; the deceased probably assumed it would be better and safer for him to cross to the other side, where road reconstruction is ongoing.

“The man, while crossing back to the other side of the road, was making a video call and was oblivious to the fact that a vehicle was coming from the Sagamu end to Abeokuta.

“The vehicle, a Honda Odyssey, hit him and he died on the spot.

“His corpse has been deposited in the morgue of the General Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta, while the driver of the Honda Odyssey and the vehicle are now at the state Motor Traffic Division, Ibara, Abeokuta.”

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