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UK returnee attending wedding dies in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash

A woman who had just returned from the United Kingdom to attend a wedding in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has died in a road crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

PUNCH Online learnt from a statement on Tuesday by the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, that the incident occurred at about 6 p.m. on Monday.

According to Akinbiyi, the victim, alongside two others, was travelling in a white Toyota Camry when the vehicle rammed into a moving truck.

He noted that the impact of the collision led to the death of the UK returnee, while the two other occupants — a male and a female — sustained injuries.

He said, “A fatal road traffic accident occurred at the Christopher University section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at about 17:48 hours on March 23.

“According to eyewitness accounts, the driver of the Camry drove at excessive speed and rammed into a moving truck.

“Three people were involved, including a male and two females. One female died, while the two others sustained injuries.”