A 32-year-old-man has been reported dead in a boat mishap at a jetty in a Badagry community in Lagos State.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the incident was said to have occurred at the jetty on Thursday night.
A resident, Victor Idowu, said that the incident occurred at 10:05p.m, at a jetty in Akarakumo.
“The sound and voice of the boatmen woke up the residents of the community who came out to see what had happened.
“One of the passengers was crushed by the boat and fell inside the water, the residents and the boat man assisted to bring him out of the water.
“We brought him out of the lagoon and discovered that he had been injured in the chest.
“While some suggested that he should be taken to private hospitals, I told them General Hospital should be the best,” he said.
According to Idowu, there was nobody to treat the victim when they got to the hospital.
He stated that emergency medical services were called and that the victim was given first aid, but remained in pain until 4:10 a.m., when he was taken away for an X-ray.
“Coming back from the x-ray, he gave up the ghost immediately,” he said
However, Medical Director, General Hospital, Badagry, Dr Olatunde Bakare, said that the man was brought into the hospital in the middle of the night with serious chest injury.
“His two ribs had been broken. We wanted to refer him to another hospital in Lagos because we could not handle his case.
“But we realised that if we sent him to Lagos then, he might not get to half of the way before he will die.
“So, we had to stabilize him; so, this morning, they had done X-ray for him.
“When he was coming out, he died due to the seriousness of the injury,” he said.
The incident has been confirmed by the Head of Operations, Lagos State Waterways Authority, Ibrahim Famuyiwa.
