April 26, (THEWILL) – The Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation into circumstances that led to the death of a passenger in a Bolt car in the State.
Spokesperson of the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who made this known on Wednesday, said a Bolt car driver (name not mentioned), reported the death of a passenger in his car at Ilasan Police Division, on Monday.
According to Hundeyin, the driver claimed he received an order from the customer to take him from Osapa London, Lekki to Ikate area of Lekki.
“While in transit, the customer screamed and shouted ‘my heart’. Instantly, his mood changed.
“The customer was rushed to a hospital at Jakande 1st Gate, Lekki and later to another hospital also in Lekki, where he was pronounced dead,” Hundeyin quoted the Bolt driver’s statement at the police station.
He said police visited the hospital, photographed the deceased, contacted members of his family and deposited the corpse at the Infectious Diseases Hospital mortuary at Marina for preservation and autopsy.
