The driver of the vehicle was reportedly heading towards Kara, Sabo, Sagamu when he collided with the motorcycle rider, who simultaneously struck a pedestrian walking along the road before falling into a gutter.
“The pedestrian and the motorcycle rider, whose names are yet to be identified, were immediately rushed to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital for medical attention. Unfortunately, the pedestrian gave up the ghost at the hospital.
“The driver of the vehicle fled from the scene of the accident, but his car was set ablaze by the irate youths, before the arrival of the policeman and other agencies who visited the scene of the accident,” the police spokesperson stated.
Meanwhile, the remains of the Toyota vehicle and the damaged motorcycle have been recovered and are now secured in Sagamu for inspection and further investigation.
An active-duty U.S. Air Force member has died after he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday in an apparent protest of Israel’s actions in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, officials said. An Air Force spokesperson told CBS News on Monday the airman died Sunday night.
Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department identified the man as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell, of San Antonio, Texas. Bushnell was assigned to the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing and was a cyber defense operations specialist with the 531st Intelligence Support Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, Texas, the Air Force confirmed Monday. He had been on active duty since May 2020.
Bushnell set himself on fire around 1 p.m. ET and both the U.S. Secret Service and the police department responded, the agencies said.
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