Three persons made up of two commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada and a female passenger lost their lives at Agbeloba Roundabout in Abeokuta on Tuesday when a Ford Mondeo car whose driver was speeding ran into them, as the driver lost control of the vehicle.
Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, TRACE confirmed the incident.
The pictures of the incident taken by operatives of TRACE sighted by our correspondent had the timeline of 3.41pm.
Speaking to NOTM online, the Public Relations Officer, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi said the Mondeo Ford was coming from Quarry Road towards the Agbeloba Roundabout when the incident happened.
He stated that due to speeding, the driver lost control of the car, it ran over the Roundabout,
before ramming into “two okada riders in the process, who were discharging pillion passengers at the junction of Agbeloba.”
Akinbiyi added that the car later entered into a shop used for pool betting, but no one was inside the shop.
“The two okada riders who were at Agbeloba Junction at the time and a female pillion passenger were killed instantly, due to the impact of the crash,” he said.
However, he explained that the driver of the Ford Mondeo car escaped by mingling with the crowd who came as sympathisers to the scene.
He said the corpses have been taken away by family members/sympathisers of the victims.
Those injured had also been taken to hospital for medical attention.
Akinbiyi said the ill-fated vehicle and the motorcycles involved have been evacuated to the Divisional Police Station, Adigbe for further investigation.
Security and safety agencies involved in the rescue process are TRACE, police, NSCDC and the Ogun State Ambulance & Emergency Services.
While the TRACE commiserated with the families of the deceased, it warned motorists to avoid excessive speed, particularly while driving within/around the metropolis in view of its attendant consequences..
