At least, four persons died in a motor accident in
front of a government office on Oke-Mosan-
Kobape-Sagamu expressway on Sunday, official
and eyewitnesses said.
The accident which involved a Toyota Tundra Jeep
with registration number, Lagos FC 787LND, and
a Nissan Primera with registration number, Lagos
FZ 914 LSR, occurred at 6 p.m.
Bodies of the victims were removed from
wreckage after symphatisers used axes to cut
through the car conveying the victims.
An eyewitness said the jeep was coming from
Sagamu on high speed before it crossed over to
the other lane and hit the car carrying six
passengers.
NAN learnt that the driver of the jeep was
involved in a telephone conversation and suddenly
stepped on the breaks when he got to a speed
breaker.
``He suddenly applied brake but lost control and
swerved to the other lane and rammed into the
car,'' the eyewitness said.
Officials of the Ogun State Rescue Team of Nigeria
Security and the Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps (NSCDS), Federal Road Safety
Commission (FRSC), Ogun State Traffic
Compliance Agency (TRACE) were also at the
scene.
Confirming the incident, the team leader of
TRACE, Mr Oladele Badmos, corroborated the
statements of the witness.
Badmos said information available revealed that
the driver of the jeep was making a telephone call
before he suddenly applied the brakes.
He said the corpses had been deposited at the
morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, while the
injured were receiving treatment at the same
hospital..
The TARCE official advised motorists not to use
cell phones, while in motion to avoid accidents.