6 friends killed in a car accident and her…. sister accused drunk driver of being a Yahoo boy with sinister intentions
A
lady who lost six friends and her sister after a drunk driver rammed
into them has taken to Facebook to mourn them and narrate how they died.
Temitope
Hameed said the women had all gone for a vigil in a mosque along the
Moshood Abiola way in Abeokuta, Ogun State. While performing ablution in
preparation for prayers, a drunk driver rammed into them, killing 7 of
them while 1 is in a coma.
The car which rammed into the young women had 4 occupants, one of them a woman. They all sustained injuries in the car.
According to reports, the drunk-driver lost control of the vehicle he was driving before he ploughed into the victims.
The
Head of Operations Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE),
Abeokuta Division, Olaleye Babajide, confirmed the incident. He said the
accident occurred at about 10.30 pm on Friday, January 25, 2018.
He said:
The car swooped off the road, uprooted an electric pole and
thereafter crushed the worshippers standing in front of the Rahamot
Lahill Quareeb mosque located beside the road, killing them on the spot.
The official said the deceased were relaxing in front of the mosque in preparation for a vigil before tragedy struck.
He added:
The impact of the crash forced the authorities of the State Traffic
officials to axe the car into pieces before the four occupants of the
car could be removed from the wreckage.
Mr Babajide said the occupants of the car including the driver were drunk.
He said:
Overspeeding on the part of the driver was responsible for the
crash. A number of alcoholic drinks, including tramadol were seen in the
car,” he said.
He said two of the occupants of the car were
arrested while attempting to run away from the scene of the accident. He
added that the bodies of the victims have been deposited at the morgue
of Federal Medical Centre(FMC).
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