{"id":108189,"date":"2023-10-03T19:26:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T18:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=108189"},"modified":"2023-10-03T19:26:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T18:26:22","slug":"breaking-lastma-officials-cause-tragedy-as-vehicle-kills-pregnant-woman-her-children-keke-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-lastma-officials-cause-tragedy-as-vehicle-kills-pregnant-woman-her-children-keke-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: LASTMA Officials Cause Tragedy As Vehicle Kills Pregnant\u00a0 Woman, Her Children, \u2018Keke\u2019 Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1778754289052374244\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tragedy struck today, Tuesday, in Ago, Okota area of Lagos, after a vehicle being chased by an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, rammed into a tricycle, killing a pregnant woman and her two children.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAn eyewitness account told Pointblanknews.com that the driver of the tricycle also lost his life in the accident.<\/p>\n<p>One of the LASTMA officials at Okota Roundabout according to the account was trying to take over the steering of a Toyota Sienna vehicle from the driver while in motion.<\/p>\n<p>It was alleged that the driver had violated traffic rules.<\/p>\n<p>In the process, the vehicle reportedly lost control and rammed into a tricycle on Bayo Oyewale Street.<\/p>\n<p>The pregnant woman was said to be taking her children to school when tragedy struck.<\/p>\n<p>The incident sparked a protest, as an irate mob descended on the LASTMA official.<\/p>\n<p>However, the timely intervention of a team of policemen saved the official from being lynched, as the officers fired tear gas cannisters to disperse the mob.<\/p>\n<p>The policemen also cleared the barricade mounted on the road by the protesters, as they whisked the LASTMA official away.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragedy struck today, Tuesday, in Ago, Okota area of Lagos, after a vehicle being chased by an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, rammed into a tricycle,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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