Hit-and-run driver kills 15-year-old girl in Ibadan

By Adeola Badru

A miss believed to beryllium astir 15 years aged was killed successful a hit-and-run mishap connected Saturday day astatine the Muslim Under Bridge country successful Ibadan, on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway.

According to eyewitness accounts, the incidental occurred arsenic the miss attempted to transverse the expressway from 1 broadside of the span to the other.

She was struck by a speeding vehicle, whose operator failed to halt and fled the country instantly aft the collision.

As of the clip of this report, the individuality of the deceased remains unknown.

Her lifeless assemblage inactive lies by the roadside, with onlookers and residents gathering successful daze and sorrow.

An eyewitness, Mr Ibrahim Adebayo, a roadside mechanic successful the area, shared his relationship of the tragic event, saying, “She looked unsure but determined to cross. The roadworthy was engaged arsenic usual. Before we knew it, a car came astatine precocious velocity and deed her. The operator didn’t adjacent effort to stop, helium conscionable kept going. It was horrible.”

Another witness, Mrs Yetunde Balogun, who sells nutrient nearby, said the miss appeared to beryllium a secondary schoolhouse student.

“She looked precise young. Nobody knows her astir here, and nary 1 has travel to look for her since it happened,” she added.

However, each efforts to scope the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adewale Osifeso, for authoritative confirmation proved abortive, arsenic calls enactment crossed to him were not answered astatine the clip of this report.

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