Man, daughter die as vehicle plunges into river

The recovered vehicle
| credits: Eniola Akinkuotu

A middle-aged man, Mr. Sunday Megba, and his 11-year-old daughter, Lola, died on Tuesday after their vehicle plunged into a river at the Ikota end of the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos.

Emergency officials told our correspondent that Sunday, his wife, Sade, and Lola were on their way from a vigil in a Toyota 4Runner Sport Utility Vehicle with number plate, DN866JJJ, when the vehicle somersaulted several times.

Sade was said to have fallen out of the vehicle in the process, while the other two occupants fell into the river  and drowned.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the driver, who was a trader in Lekki, lost control shortly before the accident.

Although the actual cause of the accident remained contentions, it was learnt that the police were working on the theory that Sunday dozed off while driving.

It  was  learnt that immediately after the vehicle plunged into the river, a local diver, Francis Agbogbo, jumped into the water in a bid to save the victims.

It was learnt that by the time Agbogbo was able to get to the victims, they had already drowned.

“The bodies have been deposited in a mortuary, while the injured woman  is receiving treatment. The vehicle has been handed over to the Ajah Police Division.”

What a tragic loss, may their soul rest in perfect peace amen.