Accident Victims In Lagos Wait In Vain For Ambulance

Two accident victims simply identified as Tayo and  Toyin  would have died in Lagos state but for sympathizers at the scene of two major accidents  .

It was gathered that  Mr. Toyin  was knocked down by a moving train while Mr. Tayo was a victim of  a hit-and-run driver  were allegedly left to die slowly by the Lagos State Emergency Agency  who despite of the numerous calls did not allegaedly turn up to rescue the victims.
Mr. Tayo who claimed to be residing at  Number  10 Arogun Street Iyanu- Ipaja  said he was  knocked down by a hit and run driver around the Ile Zik area of Ikeja on the  December 4th while  Mr. Toyin  was badly hurt by  a moving train  around the railway crossing Ikeja on December 5th.

A road-accident victim

Mr. Obinna Ede  a member of the  Red Cross said  members of the public  had to take the victims to the hospital after two hours of waiting for the ambulance .
A sympathizer Jonah Kalu said they called the Ambulance to rescue the victims but nobody showed up .

A road accident victim

He said “At exactly two hours of waiting for an ambulance that was not forthcoming , we called  one Mr. Balogun the Officer-in Charge of the Ikeja terminus of the Nigeria Railways but he  said he was not informed by any of his staffs that there was any  accident.he however called the Lagos State Ambulances Services and went to the accident spot  unfortunate his efforts could not pull the men of Lagos State Ambulance Service to come to he scene and we ended up taking the victim to the hospital ourselves  to the Lagos State Teaching Hospital where the victims were  treated and hurriedly discharged on the excuse that medical staffs were on strike”


In a recent development, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has unveiled a device that would put an end to road accidents in the country.