Hit-and-run driver crushes two to death in Ogun

A hit-and-run motorist has crushed two persons to death at the Ijagun junction on the Sagamu-Ore Expressway in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The Route Commander, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State, Florence Okpe, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

Okpe stated that the accident happened around 4.30pm. She said the fatal crash involved two male adults, who were on a motorcycle.

The statement read in part, “The persons involved in the crash were two male adults, who unfortunately died.


“They were riding a wine Bajaj Boxer motorcycle with number plate AAB 052 VQ, when an unidentified vehicle hit them, but the driver ran away and the motorcyclist lost control and crashed due to the impact.

“The two corpses were deposited in the state mortuary in Ijebu-Ode.”