Van crushes mother, child

A vehicle yesterday rammed into a woman and her child, killing both at Odeda along the Abeokuta-Ibadan highway in Ogun State.

It was gathered that the driver of the white Mitsubishi Pick-Up van with registration number LSR604XQ lost control of the vehicle and rammed into them. A younger child who was on the woman’s back was injured.

The spokesman of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the driver fled before his team got there, but the vehicle was towed to Odeda Police Station for investigation.