There was pandemonium on Monday in Ago, Okota area of Lagos, after a vehicle chased by an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA rammed into a tricycle, killing a pregnant woman and her two children.
Driver of the tricycle also lost his life in the process.
Eye witnesses alleged that one of the LASTMA officials at Okota Roundabout was struggling the steering of a Toyota Sienna vehicle with the driver , in his bid to arrest him for violating traffic rules.
In the process, the vehicle reportedly lost control and rammed into the tricycle, on Bayo Oyewale street.
The pregnant woman was said to have been taking her children to school when tragedy struck.
The incident sparked off protest as an irate mob descended on the LASTMA official. But the timely intervention of a team of policemen saved the official from being lynched, as the Police fired tear gas cannisters to disperse the mob.
The Policemen also cleared the barricade mounted on the road by the protesters, as they whisked the LASTMA official away.
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