A woman and her two daughters on New Year holiday trip to the eastern part of Nigeria were confirmed dead in an accident involving a Dangote truck and a Ford jeep at old MRS filling station, Itako, Ijebu Ife on the Sagamu-Benin expressway, Southwestern parr of the country.
Platforms Africa reports that the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident, which occurred on Sumday, to newsmen in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State.
Akinbiyi noted that the accident occured at 12:30pm and was caused by excessive speed on the part of the Ford jeep driver who rammed into the truck.
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The TRACE spokesperson added that four people were involved in the accident, saying that three persons died.
”The ford jeep was on its way from Lagos to the Eastern part on vacation when it rammed into a stationary Dangote truck from behind due to excessive speed and loss of control.
“It was gathered that the driver of the vehicle was driving the late woman and her 2 daughters to the Eastern part on holidays when the unfortunate crash happened.
“The husband of the woman stays overseas and the driver was employed as the family driver.
“The driver is presently at the police station,” he said.
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He explained that the accident involved Howo truck with registration number WW 630 XA and Ford jeep marked AKD 311 HH.
Akinbiyi noted that the deceased were deposited at the morgue of Gosheng Hospital, Ijebu Ife by operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).
He said that the vehicles involved had been taken to Ijebu Ife divisional police station.
He commiserated with family of the deceased, advising drivers to avoid excessive speed and dangerous driving particularly during the harmattan season.
