A woman who had just returned from the United Kingdom to attend a wedding in Abeokuta has died in a road crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said in a statement on Tuesday that the incident occurred at about 6 pm on Monday at the Christopher University section of the expressway.
According to Akinbiyi, the victim was travelling in a white Toyota Camry with two others when the vehicle rammed into a moving truck.
“A fatal road traffic accident occurred at the Christopher University section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at about 17:48 hours on March 23,” he said.
“According to eyewitness accounts, the driver of the Camry drove at excessive speed and rammed into a moving truck.
“Three people were involved, including a male and two females. One female died, while the two others sustained injuries.”
Akinbiyi noted that preliminary investigations revealed that the two female occupants had just returned from the United Kingdom to attend a wedding ceremony in Abeokuta before the incident.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the two female casualties were on their way from Lagos to Abeokuta, Ogun State, to attend a wedding ceremony after they had just arrived from the United Kingdom,” he added.
The injured passengers were rushed to Famobis Hospital and Redeemed Hospital, while the body of the deceased was deposited at the Redeemed Hospital morgue.
While commiserating with the families of the deceased and injured, TRACE again admonished drivers to avoid excessive speed in view of its attendant consequences.
The accident comes barely three months after world boxing champion Anthony Joshua and his friend were involved in a similar crash within the same section of the expressway.
