One dead, baby, six others injured in auto crash

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NIGERIA: ONE person died and seven others, including a baby, sustained series of injuries in a motor crash along the Abeokuta-Lagos expressway.

The Public Relations Officer of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr. Tunde Akinbiyi, told

GatewayMail that a private owned Volkswagen car with registration number AGL 129DU rammed into a stationary truck.

Akinbiyi explained that the auto crash occurred in front of Guaranty Trust Bank, Jakatabu near Ewekoro in Ewekoro Local Government area of Ogun State.

The TRACE spokesperson further added that the white colour truck was parked beside the road in front of the bank where the driver of the blue colour Volkwagen car rammed into it.

He stated that the accident claimed the life of a male occupant while three male and three females and a baby were injured.

Akinbiyi said the corpse, as at the time of filing this report, had being deposited in the morgue and the injured persons were admitted for treatment at the General Hospital, Ifo.

“The truck was parked in front of GTB Lakatabu, Ewekoro before the Volkswagen car ran into it,” TRACE image maker said, adding: “Both accidented vehicles have been deposited at Itori Police Station.”