Father & daughter drown as their vehicle plunge into Lagoon in Lagos

A man and his daughter on Tuesday
morning February 4th drowned in Lagos
as a Toyota SUV in which they were
travelling fell off the Ikota Bridge in
Ajah and plunged into a lagoon.

Mr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, the General
Manager, Lagos State Emergency
Management Agency (LASEMA),
confirmed the incident in Lagos.

He said that the man’s wife was thrown
out by the vehicle as it somersaulted
before plunging into the lagoon.
The LASEMA official said the accident
occurred at about 1.00 a.m., and that
the dead bodies had been deposited at
a mortuary while the woman was taken
to a hospital. Continue..

"We have recovered the dead bodies
and have transferred them to the
appropriate quarters for the necessary
actions. The woman, rescued at the
scene by emergency officials, has been
taken to a hospital for treatment.
Search for the vehicle, an ash Toyota
jeep, is still ongoing. We are doing
everything to get it out of the lagoon,’’
he said.

The general manager, who had yet to
ascertain the cause of the accident,
urged the state residents to be safety-
conscious.

Source: NAN