Truck crushes pedestrian to death on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

August 20, 2026 12:10 am

Uthman Salami and Moyinoluwa Oluyemi

A yet-to-be-identified man was crushed to death in front of the OPIC corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday after he was reportedly knocked down by a speeding truck.

A PUNCH Metro correspondent who visited the scene gathered from eyewitnesses that the victim, a young adult male, was attempting to cross the expressway from the Lagos-bound section to the roadside along the OPIC corridor when the truck rammed into him.

The incident occurred a few minutes before 1pm, leaving the victim’s body scattered across the road as vehicles struggled to navigate the gory scene.

The truck driver was said to have fled the scene immediately after the incident.

An eyewitness, Nojeem, told PUNCH Metro, “He wanted to cross. The truck knocked him down, rolled over him and sped off. This is a busy road, and we have lost many lives here.

“This is why the government should provide a pedestrian bridge to prevent avoidable loss of lives.”

As of the time our correspondent left the scene shortly after 2pm on Wednesday, the victim’s body was still lying on the expressway.

Confirming the incident to our correspondent via WhatsApp on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said operatives of the agency and the Amotekun Corps were at the scene to manage the traffic caused by the crash.

Akinbiyi wrote, “A case of hit-and-run at OPIC bus stop outbound Lagos on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

“The traffic is affected, but TRACE and AMOTEKUN operatives are on the ground managing the resultant traffic, and efforts are ongoing for the total evacuation of the body from the road and roadside.”

Sharing a further update on the removal of the body from the expressway at about 6pm on Wednesday, Akinbiyi said the evacuation of “the presumed dead from roads and roadsides was completed and taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, by officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission. The road is completely free for vehicular movement.”

PUNCH Metro reports that the section of the expressway has recorded several hit-and-run incidents, with pedestrians repeatedly calling for the construction of a pedestrian bridge to provide a safer means of crossing the busy highway.

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