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Accident claims 4 lives on Lagos – Abeokuta expressway
Four persons were confirmed dead in an accident involving a Toyota corolla car and a low bed Mack trailer around Obada Oko area on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway on Sunday.
Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday.
Akinbiyi noted that the accident occurred around 7:36pm on Sunday and was caused by reckless driving by the trailer and excessive speeding by the car.
The TRACE spokesperson noted that eight persons were involved in the accident which included seven adults and one female child, saying that four persons died on the spot while two others sustained injuries.
“Learnt the low bird trailer with no registration number was trying to make a u-turn inbound Abeokuta around Obada Oko without trafficating before the Toyota Corolla marked EM 866 APP which was on top speed from Lagos rammed into it.
“The 2 person in the trailer, the driver and the motor boy, ran away before our rescue team arrived.
“However, six passengers were in the Toyota Corolla when the accident happened, four died on the spot including the driver and a child, while the remaining 2 were injured ,” he said.
Akinbiyi explained that both the corpses of the dead and the injured were taken to General Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta while the accidented vehicles had been taken to the Divisional Police Office, Adigbe in Abeokuta.
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