A yet-to-be-identified man suspected to be a thief was on Sunday found lying unconscious after being knocked down by a hit-and-run driver in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State.

According to punch, the suspect had broken into an apartment in the community in the early hours of Friday when some residents saw him.

He was said to have taken to his heels while some residents chased him.

While fleeing the community, he suddenly ran into the expressway and got hit by a speeding vehicle in the process.

The suspect was still lying on the roadside just by the edge of the Abule Egba bridge as at Sunday morning.

It was discovered that he was still breathing as his legs moved at intervals.

A trader, Ganiyat Enitan, who owns a shop close to the bridge, told the publication that the accident victim had been on the spot since the incident happened.

“We met him there on Friday morning and he has been there since then. We were told that he was caught scaling a fence at midnight and those who saw him decided to chase him. He was trying to run across to the other side when he ran into a vehicle that knocked him down,” she said.

Another business owner who identified himself simply as Sesan said he was initially lying on the bridge walkway before he rolled into the main road.

“We saw him this morning on the main road. It was later that some LASTMA officials came to put a tyre behind him as a caution to prevent vehicles from climbing him.”