Bolt passenger dies after booking ride in Lagos

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A passenger who reportedly ordered a Bolt ride from Osapa London, Lekki to Ikate area of Lekki in Lagos has died.

Police in Lagos State said they have begun investigating the incident.

Spokesman of the Command Benjamin Hundeyin told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) about the investigation on Wednesday, stating that the Bolt driver (name not mentioned) reported the death of the passenger at Ilasan Police Division on Monday.

“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 as stating at the police station.

Hundeyin said the 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.

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