Four persons have been confirmed dead in an accident,
involving a Toyota Corolla car and a low bed Mack trailer at the Obada Oko area
on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesman of the Traffic
Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to in Abeokuta
on Monday.
Akinbiyi said that the accident occurred around 7:36pm on
Sunday and attributed it to recklessness and speed on the part of both drivers.
Akinbiyi said that eight persons, including seven adults and
one female child, were involved in the crash.
He said that four occupants of the car died on the spot,
while two others sustained injuries.
According to him, the trailer driver and the motor boy ran
away before the rescue team arrived at the scene.
He said: “I learnt the low bed trailer with no registration
number was trying to make a U-turn at Obada Oko allegedly without trafficating,
when the Toyota Corolla, marked EM 866 APP, which was on speed from Lagos,
rammed into it.
“However, six passengers were in the Toyota Corolla when the
accident happened.
“Four persons, including the driver and child, died on the
spot, while the remaining two were injured.”
He further said that the injured were taken to the General
Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, along with the remains of the dead.
He also said that the accident vehicles had been towed to
the Divisional Police Office, Adigbe in Abeokuta.
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