75-yr-old escapes death as car rams into building, injures daughter

There was pandemonium on Sunday December 16, 2018, after the driver of a Toyota Camry car marked LND 233 AE lost control and rammed into a building on Santos Avenue in Abule Egba area of Lagos State.

The incident happened at about 10.30 pm.

The owner of the building, Pa Ayinla Busari, who runs a pool betting shop outside the building escaped death by whiskers in a bid to avoid being crushed by the car, whose impact left a hole on the building.

Pa Busari however sustained bruises on his arm and legs, while one of his daughters, Bilikis, was unlucky as the car crushed one of her legs. She is currently receiving treatment at a hospital.

Witnesses said the driver of the car was drunk and over sped when he lost control and crashed into the bungalow.

It was said that bottles of beer were found in the car, after the driver escaped from the scene unhurt.

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‘’ It was like a scene from the movies, when the young driver of the car veered off the road and crashed into the building. Bilikis, who was standing outside the house told her father to run inside the building, but one of her legs was smashed by the car,’’ said one of her brothers who asked for anonymity.

When The Nation visited the scene, residents urged the state government to provide speed breakers on the road to prevent reckless drivers from causing havoc on the road.

‘’ This is not the first time we are witnessing accidents like this on this road. Recently, there was a motorcycle accident which almost claim the life of a teenager. The motorcycle’s rider was very reckless and if there were speed breakers, he would not have sped the way he did causing unnecessary accident here.

‘’ I therefore want to urge the state government to provide speed breakers on this road and save us from being killed by reckless drivers or commercial motorcycle operators popularly called okada.’’

Policemen from Oko Oba Division later visited the scene and evacuated the car to their station.