- Five passengers- two male, two females and a toddler -were pulled out of the wreckage lifeless
A fatal auto crash in Osun state claimed the lives of five persons on Thursday.
A commercial bus and a gas tanker were involved in the accident that happened in Ile-Ife
Seventeen persons travelling in a commercial bus were involved in the accident.
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, spokesman, Kehinde Adeleke, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday.
According to the statement, Five passengers- two male, two females and a toddler -were pulled out of the wreckage lifeless and have been deposited at the morgue of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife.
He said: “On Thursday, September 12, 2024, a gas tanker overran a commercial bus popularly known as ‘Sabo-Lagere’ which conveyed an unspecified number of passengers and crushed them to death. They both swerved off the road into a ditch along Ibadan Express Road, Ajebandele, Ile-Ife.
“The incident was reported to our Ile-Ife Zonal Command at around 12 noon and they mobilised to the scene and joined the headquarters from Abere to give adequate backup because of the nature of materials involved in the crash (LPG).”
He described the accident as unfortunate and avoidable and urged drivers to be careful and observe speed limit while driving
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