A middle-aged woman was killed in a single incident on Sunday in Calabar as she was hotly pursuing her husband over his “mistress,” according to Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Cross River, Maikano Hassan.
The incident, according to the sector commander, was brought on by excessive speeding.
He said that a single female driver of a Toyota Highlander lost her life in an accident that happened on the Muritala Mohammed Highway in Calabar after she went off the road and into a ditch next to the highway.
His words :”Though the woman was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, but she was said to have died few minutes later due to the injury sustained from the incident.”
It was gathered that the woman was said to be in pursuit of her husband who was alleged to be with a “side chick” in his car when she lost control of her vehicle , killing herself in the process.
According to a source, the woman tried to block her husband’s car with the Toyota Highlander she was driving when she saw him leaving the SPAR shopping mall with another woman.
“Her husband was said to have maneuvered his vehicle out of the attempted blockade then took the Murtala Muhammed highway, with his wife is serious pursuit.
“In a bid to outrun her husband, she lost control of the speeding vehicle, veered off the road and slammed the vehicle, head long, into a tree, damaging the vehicle beyond repairs and also killing herself,” the source revealed.