{"id":67543,"date":"2023-11-14T10:02:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=67543"},"modified":"2023-11-14T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:02:03","slug":"runaway-driver-fleeing-lastma-pursuit-mauls-two-road-cleaners-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=67543","title":{"rendered":"Runaway driver, fleeing LASTMA pursuit mauls two road cleaners to death"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_67544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67544\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67544\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lawma_-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The vehicle with which the street sweepers were killed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">A runaway driver, fleeing from pursuing traffic officials on Monday morning, hit and\u00a0 killed two road sweepers on the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway in Lagos State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The yet-to-be-identified driver, rammed into the cleaners, in what some have described as the unnecessary pursuit by officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The killed street sweepers were staff of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">An angry mob soon gathered and vented their spleen in a demonstration over the overzealous attitude that claimed the two lives. They were dispersed by security agents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">In a statement, the late workers&#8217; employer said, \u201cLAWMA is working with security agencies to apprehend and prosecute the errant driver of the car, with vehicle number EPE 984 DV,\u201d the statement read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cWe wish to appeal to motorists for the umpteenth time, to drive with utmost caution on the highways, to avoid sad incidents like this happening to our sanitation workers or anyone in the course of their legitimate duties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cThe public is urged to remain calm as appropriate steps are being taken and necessary measures put in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cOur heartfelt condolences go to the families of the deceased, whom we love most dearly. May their souls continue to rest in peace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A runaway driver, fleeing from pursuing traffic officials on Monday morning, hit and\u00a0 killed two road sweepers on the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway in Lagos State. The yet-to-be-identified driver, rammed into the cleaners, in what some have described as the unnecessary pursuit by officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). The killed street sweepers were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5781],"tags":[512,284,6340],"class_list":["post-67543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","category-obituary","tag-death","tag-lastma","tag-lawma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}