TRACE returns cash to accident victim

Ogun state Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) on Friday handed N151, 700 cash it discovered at the scene of the multi accidents on Ogun state road to the owner, Alh. Jimoh Oguntoye.

The cash sum was handed over to the 76 years old owner Oguntoye at his hospital bed in one of the private hospitals in Abeokuta, the state capital, where he is receiving treatment.

Oguntoye was said to be the lone occupier and driver of the Mercedes Benz Jeep 500 ML marked (LAGOS) KRD 933 BC which crashed into a passenger bus at Onipepe stretch of the Abeokuta – Sagamu expressway last Monday.

Two  persons, which including a Mass Communication student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, lost their lives, while 16 others were injured in the accident.

Speaking to reporters shortly after handing over the money to Oguntoye, the TRACE Director of Operation and Acting Commandant of the Corps, Seni Ogunyemi, said the money was retrieved from the Mercedes jeep by TRACE’s rescue team led by Commander Adeola Adekoya which evacuated the victims to hospital.