A motorist in Ago, Okota area of Lagos today collided into a tricycle killing a pregnant woman and her two children.
According to eyewitnesses the driver of the vehicle (A Toyota Sienna) was trying to escape from LASTMA Officials who were struggling with the steering with him.
The LASTMA officials -who were stationed at the Okota Roundabout- were allegedly trying to arrest him for flouting traffic regulations.
During the struggle, the vehicle reportedly lost control and rammed into a tricycle on Bayo Oyewale Street.
The pregnant woman who was in accompany of two children was taking them to school.
The incident escalated quickly as angry mob attempted to lynch the LASTMA official.
However, the timely intervention of a team of policemen saved the official from being lynched, as the officers fired tear gas cannisters to disperse the mob.
