According to Daily Trust, a tragic accident involving an unidentified woman occurred on Unity Road in Ilorin, Kwara State, early Saturday morning. Eyewitnesses reported that a hit-and-run tricycle rider struck the woman before fleeing the scene.

The victim was swiftly taken to a private hospital in Sabo-Oke, but she was pronounced dead on arrival by the attending physician.

The state Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Muftau Irekeola Adebayo, confirmed the incident to City & Crime on Sunday.

According to him, “It was a hit-and-run tricycle that hit the woman shortly before the start of the weekend's environmental sanitation exercise.

“She was rushed to the hospital by eyewitnesses where she was pronounced dead.”