A woman identified as Mrs Clara Bassey has died in a car crash while chasing her husband and his lover simply identified as Leticia.
The victim’s husband, one Barrister Sunny Bassey is said to be an indigene of Akwa-Ibom, while his late wife, an indigene of Abia State, NAN reports.
An eye witness report said the accident happened in the early hours of Sunday at the Murtarla Mohammed Highway in Calabar, the Cross River state capital.
Stephen Okposin, a witness said “The lady saw her hubby at Spar shop with another woman in the car, so she hurriedly drove to double cross them. This man saw her car and zoomed off, so the woman became aggressive and sped up.
“I was just driving behind them just in less than 3 minutes I saw her involved in the accident and she’s unconscious at point of death. The hubby that was running suddenly dropped off the lady who was with him and rushed down to to assist revive her from the car.
“She’s been rushed to the hospital and later confirmed that she is dead.”
Comfirming the incident, the sector commander of the FRSC in Cross River, Maikano Hassan, said the accident was caused by speeding.
According to him, the lone crash on Murtala Mohammed Road saw the Toyota Highlander the woman was driving skid off the road into a ditch by the highway.
He said, “Though the woman was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, she was pronounced dead minutes later due to injury sustained from the incident.”
