BY DAUD OLATUNJI

ABEOKUTA – Four persons were killed Sunday  in an auto crash  which occurred in front of the Ogun State Governor’s Office, on Kobape Road,  in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

Vanguard gathered that, the accident  involved a Toyota Tundra Sports Utility Van, SUV, with registration number Lagos FC 787LND and Nissan Primeria Car with registration number Lagos  FZ 914 LSR.

The SUV was reportedly coming  from the Sagamu end of the expressway on a  high  speed but suddenly swerved and climbed a  median and crushed  the car and its six occupants on the other side of the road.

An eye witness told Vanguard that  the driver of the SUV, who was reportedly on a  high speed, suddenly applied his break when he  approached a bump  in front of the Governor’s Office.

The source further said that, the driver then lost control and rammed into the  Sagamu bound car which was on the other side and killing the driver and three other occupants instantly.

At the scene of the accident, symphatizers used  axes  to cut the car in order to free  the mangled bodies of the victims.

Speaking with newsmen at the accident scene, the team leader of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement  Agency, TRACE,  Mr.Oladele Badmos said that, apart from those that died instantly, others who sustained injuries were in critical condition and have been  rushed to Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Idi-aba, Abeokuta , while the dead have also been deposited in  the hospital’s morgue

He blamed the accident on the driver of the SUV whom he was said to be  on a  high speed when he suddenly realised there was a speed breaker ahead.

Badmos said:“The driver immediately applied brake, and lost control before forcing its way to the other lane, causing the death of some occupants of the other car.