Two persons were confirmed dead on Saturday and seven others injured, after a Toyota Sienna car rammed into some commuters at Kudigbe, around Arigbajo, on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.
It was gathered that the sienna car marked KRD 900 GV, also hit a brown Ford car marked AAB 439 XB, and a yellow tricycle with registration number AKM 791 VP.
According to Daily Trust, an eyewitness said the driver of the speeding Sienna lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the commuters, killing two on the spot, including a minor.
Babatunde Akinbiyi, spokesperson of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the tragic incident in a terse statement.
Akinbiyi blamed the accident on over-speeding on the part of the driver of the Toyota Sienna car.
He noted that the accident involved 10 people, which comprised five males and five females.
“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,” he said.
“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 added that the injured were taken to General Hospital in Ifo, while the deceased were deposited at the morgue of the same hospital.
