Woman died in ‘car race’ with husband over side chick in Calabar

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC has explained how a woman was pursuing her husband who was alleged to be with a “side chick” died when she lost control of her vehicle in Calabar, Cross Rivers State.

Some reports had indicated that woman sighted her husband leaving SPAR shopping Mall in the company of another female and had tried to block his car with the Toyota Highlander she was driving in.

But her husband was said to have maneuvered his vehicle out of the Shopping Mall into the Murtala Muhammed highway, with his wife is serious pursuit.

However, in the ensuing chase of her husband, she lost control of the speeding vehicle which subsequently crashed into a tree, with the woman dead.

The Sector Commander, FRSC Cross River, Mr Maikano Hassan, confirmed a lone accident of the yet to be identified middle age woman.

Hassan who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that the incident was caused by speeding.

He said that the incident which occured on the Muritala Mohammed Road, saw the Toyota Highlander the woman was driving skid off the road into a ditch by the highway.

According to him, “Though the woman was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, she was pronounced dead minutes later due to injury sustained from the incident.