No fewer than 17 persons have reportedly lost their lives in an auto crash that occurred along the Ilesa-Ife expressway, about 18km from RCC.
According to the Facebook account of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), two other people sustained various degrees of injuries in the auto crash that occurred around 4.00pm.
The commission said the tragedy which happened on Sunday claimed the lives of 3 female children, 4 male children, 4 male adults and 6 female adults were killed while 1 male adult and 1 female adult were injured.
It said the vehicles involved were a Toyota Sienna bus and Toyota Hiace bus.
The corpses have been deposited at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Center mortuary while the injured are currently receiving treatment at the SDA hospital.
The FRSC Sector Commander in Osun State, Mr. Mohammed Hussein confirmed the accident.
Meanwhile, it was gathered from witnesses that the driver of the Toyota Hiace left his lane and drove against traffic.
It would be recalled that at least eight people, including a pregnant woman, were reported to have died in an accident involving a tanker and other vehicles in Onitsha, Anambra state.
According to the Facebook account of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), two other people sustained various degrees of injuries in the auto crash that occurred around 4.00pm.
The commission said the tragedy which happened on Sunday claimed the lives of 3 female children, 4 male children, 4 male adults and 6 female adults were killed while 1 male adult and 1 female adult were injured.
It said the vehicles involved were a Toyota Sienna bus and Toyota Hiace bus.
The corpses have been deposited at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Center mortuary while the injured are currently receiving treatment at the SDA hospital.
The FRSC Sector Commander in Osun State, Mr. Mohammed Hussein confirmed the accident.
Meanwhile, it was gathered from witnesses that the driver of the Toyota Hiace left his lane and drove against traffic.
It would be recalled that at least eight people, including a pregnant woman, were reported to have died in an accident involving a tanker and other vehicles in Onitsha, Anambra state.
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