How 2 LAWMA highway sweepers crushed to death
•As commercial drivers protest against LASTMA •Task Force deny involvement TRAGEDY struck, on Monday November 13, when a car owner, who was alleged to be running away from arrest, crushed two highway sweepers of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, to death at Gbagada area of the state. An eyewitness, narrated that the car owner was on top speed, while trying to evade arrest allegedly by officials of the Lagos State Environmental Task Force, when the unfortunate incident happened. The incident attracted passersby, who thronged the scene lamenting the unfortunate incident, as they accused men of the state Task Force of causing the incident. The lifeless bodies of the cleaners were seen laying in a drainage channel, as onlookers mourned. The eyewitness, who gave his name simply as Charles, said: “It was a ghastly accident. Two LAWMA women were just knocked down by a Sienna SUV, while they were carrying out their official duties. “We don’t know what was wrong with the driver, ...