A pregnant woman, identified as Chinagorom Fustine, has been
killed after her car plunged into the Lagos Lagoon from the Mekwen Bridge,
Bonny Camp, inward Marina area of the state.
The vehicle, with number plate, Lagos MUS 38 BL, reportedly
plunged into the lagoon on Saturday.
The driver of the Kia Rio, identified as Felix Aniele, was
said to have swum out to the river bank, where he was rescued.
However, before help could come the way of Fustine, she was
said to have died.
The General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management
Agency, Adeshina Tiamiyu, said the car was towed to the Bar Beach Police
Station, while the corpse was deposited in the Mainland General Hospital
Mortuary, Yaba.
He said, “We received a distress call regarding a car that
plunged into the lagoon at the Mekwen Bridge at about 7.47pm on Saturday.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the silver colour
Kia Rio, with two occupants, plunged into the lagoon around that time. The
driver swam out to the river bank, while the other occupant, a female, was
trapped.
“Emergency responders, assisted by the local divers, were
able to recover the car from the lagoon and the dead body of the woman.”
Tiamiyu advised motorists to observe rules while plying the road.
The spokesperson for the National Emergency Management
Agency, South West zone, Ibrahim Farinoye, said the victim, who was pregnant,
was recovered around 11.47pm on Saturday.
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