Third Mainland Bridge accident: Driver identified, FRSC attributes accident to overspeeding

The driver of the Toyota Siena, that veered off the Third Mainland Bridge, has been identified as Shola Oladimeji.

He was pulled out from the Lagos Lagoon alive, by some of the Ilaje fishermen and immediately rushed to the Lagos State Teaching Hospital in Ikeja.
Sources say that Oladimeji, was the only one in the vehicle, with registration number, BB 974 EKY.

The FRSC confirmed that overspeeding was the cause of the accident and that it took a little over an hour for emergency response agencies to respond to the distress call.