Nigeria, Dec. 4 -- The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has expressed sadness over a fatal road crash at Ilubirin, inward Simpson, on Lagos Island, which killed a police officer and a scavenger.

LASTMA's General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos.

He said preliminary security findings showed that the driver of a Toyota Camry with registration number MUS 885 JA was speeding when he lost control, veered out of his lane and struck the two victims. The police officer was riding a motorcycle at the time of the accident.

"The impact resulted in their immediate and irreversible loss of life," Mr Bakare-Oki said.

He explained that LASTMA officers stationed around the Ilubi...