Nigerian mother-of-two passes away months after being struck by a car on her way to work in the UK

A 32-year-old mother of two, Lamidi Modinat, has died after being struck by a car on her way to work in Rotherham.

It is reported that on December 18th, 2023, while crossing Clifton Lane, she was tragically struck by a black Ford Focus. She sustained a serious head inj¥ry and was rushed to the hospital, where she fought for her life in critical condition for months.

Despite her brave fight, Lamidi sadly passed away on September 30th, 2024.
However, in an interview with Yorkshirelive months ago, Lamidi’s devastated husband, Ahmed Taiwo, recalled the moment their lives changed forever, he said: “My wife left home at around 5pm on Monday, December, 18, and headed to work, she started her shift at 7pm and as always and got get the bus from Sheffield to Rotherham.

It was an ordinary day, she was feeling happy, my mother, who had come over to stay with us at the time, recalls she was dancing and singing before she left. Lamidi was set to celebrate her birthday on December 24 and we were all looking forward to spending some time together at the weekend. Everything seemed normal that evening, I was upstairs tending to our two young children (aged 6 and 2) when there was a knock at the door, it was the police. They told me my wife had been involved in a road collision and was seriously hurt, at first I didn’t believe them and I said ‘it can’t be my wife is at work’, when they relayed the details, I was shattered, I immediatley rushed to the hospital.

I arrived at Northern General hospital and had to wait until around 3am in the morning to see my wife because she was in such a bad state, it was agonising. I called my friends to come and wait with me because I was so scared. When I finally got to see my wife I couldn’t believe my eyes, it was surreal. I was devastated, I have only seen things like that in movies, she was covered in wires and machines, she was wrapped in different bandages, it takes a lot to take me to cry, my friends were all crying, I was in shock I couldn’t understand what had happened.”

Ahmed continued: “My wife was moved to intensive care fairly quickly, they did an MRI scan to assess the damage. The tissue in her brain has been disconnected so I believe, the brain has been severely damaged and right now we don’t know how things are going to go. She’s not talking, she’s not responding when you talk to her, she opens her eyes but she’s not doing much else at the minute. The doctors wanted to stop life support but I did not give consent.

She has two kids, I don’t want my kids to be without a mother, I do not want to give up, she was moved to the critical care department, I begged them to give her more time. She’s still breathing, she’s still trying, my children need their mum. The kids are missing her, my eldest son is really struggling, he doesn’t understand, he’s crying a lot, it’s really difficult to explain to him that he might never see her again.