A pregnant woman, her two children and driver of a tricycle that were in died on Tuesday at Ago, Okota area of Lagos, when the driver of a Toyota sienna, who was struggling the possession of the wheel with a LASTMA official, lost control, and rammed into them.

Eyewitnesses said that one of the LASTMA officials at Okota Roundabout was struggling the steering of a Toyota Sienna vehicle with the driver in his bid to arrest him for violating traffic rules. In the process, the vehicle reportedly lost control and rammed into a tricycle on Bayo Oyewale Street.

The pregnant woman, according to report, was taking her children to school when incident occurred. The incident sparked a protest, as an irate mob descended on 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.

The policemen also cleared the barricade mounted on the road by the protesters, as they whisked the LASTMA official away.

The Vanguard