Some days ago, it was reported that a vehicle veered off the highway and plunged into Ovia River at Evbonogbon, on the Edo- Ondo Boundary, on the Lagos-Benin Expressway. The corpses of four persons including a baby have been recovered from the river. The accident was said to have occurred at the Ofosu Bridge and it involved a green Toyota Sienna.
A female was said to have survived with injuries.
Edo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Anthony Oko, who confirmed the incident attributed the cause to over speeding.
Oko said to the victims were taken to Ago Itunu Hospital and mortuary at Ofosu in Ondo State.
