Hit-and-run driver kills woman on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway
On the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, a middle-aged woman (whose identity has not been released) was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Sunday.
The event was reported to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, by Adetunji Oyebola, the Ifo Divisional Commander of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun.
According to Oyebola, the event happened early on Sunday.
"The driver of the unidentified vehicle knocked down a woman (pedestrian) immediately after the Ifo Police Station inbound Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
"The corpse of the victim had been taken to the mortuary at Ifo General Hospital, Ogun, by the TRACE personnel in collaboration with the Ifo Local Government health officials," he said.
To prevent accidents on the road, Oyebola pleaded with drivers to refrain from excessive speeding and reckless driving.
Additionally, he counselled pedestrians to always cross slowly to avoid being run over by cars.
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