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Two Feared Dead, Many Injured In Lagos-Abeokuta Highway Accident
Two persons have been feared dead while many were injured in a Lagos-Abeokuta highway accident.
EKOHOTBLOG reports that no fewer than two persons have been reported dead while seven others sustained varying degree of injuries following a accident on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway on Saturday.
It was gathered that the accident occurred on Saturday as a Toyota Sienna car rammed into some commuters at Kudigbe, around Arigbajo on the ever-busy highway.
It was further learnt that the sienna marked KRD 900 GV, also hit a brown Ford car, marked AAB 439 XB and a yellow tricycle, with registration number AKM 791 VP.
Eyewitness disclosed that the driver of the Sienna lost control of the wheels and rammed into the commuters, killing two on the spot, including a minor.
As gathered by EKOHOTBLOG, the incident was confirmed by the spokesperson, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, via a statement on Saturday.
The spokesperson, however, blamed the crash on speeding and loss of control on the part of the Toyota Sienna driver.
Akinbiyi further noted that the accident involved 10 people, which comprised five males and five females, saying, “The toyota sienna driver was on top speed and in its attempt to avoid a pot hole, lost control and ran into commuters by the road side waiting to board a bus to their destinations.
“In the process, two persons died , a minor (whose mother was alive) and an old man, while seven other commuters were injured, with one person escaping unhurt.
“The driver of the toyota sienna has been arrested and taken to Itori Divisional Police Station, with the vehicles involved in the crash,” the TRACE spokesperson stated.
He further disclosed that the injured were taken to General Hospital, Ifo, while the deceased were deposited at the morgue of the same hospital.
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