- two DAF trucks were involved in the accident which occurred around 1:02 pm on Wednesday.
At least four persons have lost their lives in a fatal auto crash in Kwara State.
The accident which happened at Ayere village along the Ilorin-Bode-Saadu highway also left five others seriously injured.
The Kwara State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the incident on Wednesday.
According to the agency, two DAF trucks were involved in the accident which occurred around 1:02 pm on Wednesday.
A statement by Sector Public Education Officer Busari Basambo in Ilorin on Wednesday said: “On receipt of the report of the crash around 1:09 pm, FRSC rescue operatives were immediately mobilised to the crash scene, where they rescued five injured male adults to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital for medical treatment.”
She disclosed that preliminary investigations showed that one of the trucks carrying fertiliser and eight passengers wrongfully overtook another vehicle without an adequate view of the road ahead and, in a bid to avoid colliding with an oncoming truck, lost control and swerved to the side, thereby colliding with another truck carrying tomatoes.
According to her: “A total of 10 persons were involved in the crash. Five got injured, while four others sadly lost their lives. So far, the fire has been put out, and the obstructions cleared to allow the free flow of traffic.”
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