The accident, which happened around 11am, involved a Toyota Camry car with number plate SGM 88 AE, which ran over a commercial tricycle marked TTN 117 VV shuttling between the former refugees camp in Oru-Ijebu Igbo of Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the car, driven by a female learner was on top speed inbound Ijebu Igbo when it lost control and collided with the tricycle.
This resulted in the death of three of its passengers, while four others, who sustained life-threatening injuries were passers-by and others waiting to board vehicles to their various destinations at a bus stop in the area.
The Public Relations Officer of the State’s Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the accident to journalists in Abeokuta, the state capital.
He said, “The incident infuriated an angry mob, which visited the scene and set the Toyota Camry car ablaze.
“Attempts by the uniform personnel carrying out rescue operations to take photographs at the scene were resisted by the angry mob, who also attacked the security operatives.”
He added that TRACE personnel were, however, able to carry out strategic traffic control a few metres away from the point of the crash to avoid traffic gridlock on the road.
Akinbiyi stated that the corpses of the victims of the accident were evacuated to a private hospital in Ago-Iwoye, where the injured were also taken for treatment.
