8 people killed in Ghastly Accident on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway

Eight people have been killed in a car accident on Lagos Abeokuta expressway after a blue Toyota Corolla Sports car crashed into a stationary truck at the Ewekoro axis of the road.

In a report by the News Agency of Nigeria, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed that the incident happened around 1:00 pm on Sunday.

He said that 10 persons made up of four males, four females and two children were involved in the accident that killed the eight persons leaving a pregnant woman and another person injured.

“We learnt that the Toyota Corolla Sport vehicle was inbound Abeokuta on the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway when the accident happened.

“The driver of the Toyota marked AKD 649 FP, who was drunk and on excessive speed lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a stationery trailer parked on the road.

“Though the driver of the trailer was not in the vehicle when the accident happened, he reported and is presently at Ewekoro Divisional Police Station with the vehicles involved,’’ he said.