A hit-and-run driver has killed a commercial motorcyclist, otherwise known as Okada rider, and his two passengers in Ogun State.
The spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Florence Okpe said the corps received information about the crash at about 5 am on Saturday and its night rescue team carried out a rescue operation on the Abeokuta-Sagamu route around Okemosan, Abeokuta.
Okpe said, “The rescue team quickly responded, and getting to the scene of the crash, three victims, the motorcycle rider and the two pillion (passengers) were lying down lifeless, hit by an unknown vehicle.”
She said, the team quickly conveyed the victims to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, “but unfortunately they died.”
The FRSC spokesman added that, “the families were contacted immediately and the bodies were handed over to them.”
Meanwhile, the Sector Commander of the FRSC in Ogun, Ahmed Umar has expressed sorrow over the incident.
Umar said if the driver had rescued the victims and taken them to hospital for medical attention, their lives would have been saved.
He advised motorists to always consider other road users and drive within the speed that can be controlled.