Eight killed in Ogun accident as Toyota Corolla rams into stationary truck

Eight people lost their lives today in Ewekoro, Ogun State, when a Toyota Corolla sport car marked AKD 649 FP rammed into a truck parked by the side of the Lagos-Abeokuta Road.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed the accident, saying a pregnant woman and a toddler was also in the car.
According to Adebiyi, the driver of the truck was not inside it when the accident happened, adding that it was a case of over-speeding on the part of the car driver.
Akinbiyi explained “The driver who is suspected to be drunk and over-speeding, lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a stationery trailer parked along the road, killing eight persons inside the vehicle.
“Though the driver of the parked trailer was not in the truck when the accident happened, he reported himself and has been arrested by the Operatives of the Ewekoro Divisional Police Headquarters.
“The pregnant woman among the survivors has been referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta for treatment.
“While TRACE Corps commiserate with the family of the dead, drivers are once again admonished to avoid over speeding, overloading and drunk driving. In the same vein, indiscriminate parking of vehicles on the traffic corridor with reckless abandonment will no longer be tolerated.”