By Moronke Boboye
Ikeja, – A truck driver and a teacher on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly causing a road accident which resulted in amputation of a pedestrian’s leg.
The accident also damaged a Toyota Highlander worth N4.5 million, according to the police.
The 31-year-old truck driver, Godspower Echi, resides at Sagamu, Ogun, while the 40-year-old teacher, Olaoluwa Faronbi, lives at Ifo also in Ogun.
They are charged with reckless driving, causing road accident, road obstruction, damage to property and causing bodily harm.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on July 29, 2022, near Abule Egba on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
Akeem said that the truck driver was reckless while the teacher drove a Toyota Corolla dangerously, causing the truck to hit a pedestrian, Mr Olawale Kolawole, whose leg was amputated.
Akeem also said that the Toyota Highlander damaged by the accident was parked on a roadside.
The alleged offences contravene Sections 36, 50, 51, 52 and 66 of the Road Traffic Law of Lagos State, 2018.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O. Osunsanmi, granted the defendants bail in the sum of two million Naira with two sureties each.
Osunsanmi adjourned the case until Feb. 27 for mention. (NAN)
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