Third Mainland Crash: ‘I Swam Out Of The Vehicle Even Though I Don’t Know How To Swim.’

Olusola Oladimeji, the driver of the Toyota
Sienna that fell off the Third Mainland Bridge
into the lagoon on Saturday, has described his
escape as a miracle.
The father of three said
contrary to reports by traffic
and emergency officials, he
was not on high speed when
the incident occurred.
Oladimeji, who is a minister of
the Mountain of Fire and
Miracles Church, said he was
on his way home from work.
He said, "I work on the island
and I left home for a meeting in the early hours of
Saturday. After the monthly environmental
sanitation, I started driving back home.
"I was driving at the speed of 60km/hr and was on
the fast lane because the road was free. At Ebute
Meta bypass, I saw two vehicles that had been
involved in an accident but I kept on driving.
Suddenly, everything went blank, I couldn't see
anything again, and I just found myself in the water."
Oladimeji said he did not lose consciousness in the
water and as such, was able to loosen the seat belt.
He said in the water, he saw a ray of light and swam
towards it.
He said, "I was not on high speed. When the car hit
the railing of the bridge, the airbag was not released.
"After falling into the water, I unfastened the seat
belt and noticed that one of the doors of my car had
broken off, so I swam out of the vehicle to the surface
of the water even though I don't know how to swim.
"It was while I was waving my hand that fishermen
saw me and quickly came to my aid. They took me
away from the scene and took me to a clinic located
on the water where they administered the first aid."
Oladimeji was later taken to the Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital where an X-ray scan
was conducted on him.
"The doctors said that my leg was not fractured.
They, however, cast my leg with Plaster of Paris
because I had a sprain," he said.

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