About six people died while seven others were injured in a road accident on the Akure-Ilesha expressway at Ilara-Mokin, Ondo state, on Wednesday.
This was disclosed by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mrs.Omotola Ogunbawo, in Akure.
According to Ogunbawo, the accident which occurred on Wednesday evening involved about three vehicles.
She identified the three vehicles as a Toyota Haice Bus marked EPE 545 YA, a Truck with registration number BDG 252 XY and a Corolla Toyota marked FST 768 DU.
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The FRSC PRO attributed the causes of the accident to loss of control and wrong overtaking on the part of the drivers.
The statement read: “Some 18 persons were involved in the crashes, including nine adult males, five adult females and four female children, while 5 adult males and one female child died at a spot and 7 people were injured, including two female adults, three male adults and one female child.
“The victims were taken to the general hospital, Igbara-Oke in Ifedore Local Government area, while corpses were deposited at the hospital’s morgue and the vehicles handed over to Igbara-Oke police station.”
