One dies, two vehicles recovered in Ikoyi road crash

Etim Effiong

One person has died and three injured when two vehicles collided around Golden Gate in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State.

It was learnt that the situation was ameliorated following the swift response from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, which arrived at the scene of the accident 10 minutes after the occurrence.

Head, Public Affairs, LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, said the LASEMA Response Team from the Lekki Zone broke record with quick response time was 10 minutes for them to arrive at the scene of the accident to save lives.

He said, “The new Response Time record came on heels of the rescue of three injured adult males, recovery of one adult male body and two accident vehicles, by Golden Gate in Ikoyi axis of Lagos, after a head-on collision.

“Though the agency had always harped on reduced Response Time because every moment counts during emergencies, achieving a “Ten minutes response time”, surpassed even the team’s 15 minutes expected time of arrival as logged when taking-off in the wee hours of today, from its Lekki Base.

“LASEMA Response Team achieved the feat of this new record, when in swift response to the distress calls received by the agency through its 767/112 toll free lines at 1.44am, got to the incident scene ahead of its estimated time of arrival at 1.54am (10 minutes flat).

“The new Response Time was recorded as a result of the fatal accident at the traffic stop intersection by Golden Gate in Ikoyi, where an adult male lost his life when the two vehicles involved in the accident collided head-on, while both were on top speed.

“Situation report on the road traffic accident at Golden-Gate, Ikoyi has it that, ‘On arrival at the scene, it was discovered that a white, unregistered Ford Ranger Jeep and a white Nissan Jeep with number plate KRD 499 GE, had a head-on collision at the traffic stop junction of the road.

“Further investigation carried out revealed that, both vehicles while on top speed, ran into each other at the intersection of the road.

“An adult male lost his life and three adult males had various degrees of injuries, while 2 have been attended to by the agency’s paramedics and thereafter taken to the hospital in their ambulance.

“The affected vehicles have been recovered and taken to the Nigerian Police Station, Ikoyi.”

He added that the LASEMA Response Team, alongside officers of the Nigeria Police Force were the responders present at the Incident scene.