4 die, 8 injured in two accidents on highways in Ogun

Two people died and three others were injured in an auto crash on the Ijebu Ode-Ore Road on Friday.

On Saturday, two people died and five others were injured in another auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Motorway.

Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, Mrs. Florence Okpe, stated in Abeokuta on Saturday that one of the corpses from Friday’s accident was handed over to its family.

The second corpse was deposited at the mortuary of a hospital in Ijebu-Ode, where the injured were taken, she stated.

She added that Saturday’s crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Motorway was a lone accident caused by excessive overspeeding by the driver of the Toyota car, which resulted in.

“The accident claimed the lives of a woman and a female child.

“Seven persons were involved in the lone crash in which five persons sustained injuries,’’ Okpe stated.

The injured victims were taken to a hospital in Sagamu, while the deceased were deposited at the mortuary of the same hospital.