Mr Ezekiel SonAllah, Sector commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State, has confirmed the killing of a hawker by an overspeeding vehicle in Akure on Friday.
He said that another hawker was severely injured in the accident that occurred along Airport Road, Oba-Ile.
The sector commander said the driver of the vehicle ran away without reporting to the law enforcement agencies.
ALSO READ: Overspeeding leading cause of road crashes – FRSC”The corpse of the dead victim has been deposited in the morgue while the injured person has been taken to the hospital for treatment,” he said
SonAllah urged motorists to obey traffic rules and avoid overspending in the interest of their lives and those of other road users.
Some eyewitnesses disclosed that an unregistered Toyota Camry hit the two hawkers who were selling mobile phone accessories.
They said that the driver ran away after the accident. (NAN)
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