
UPDATE: 16 FEARED DEAD, FEW INJURED IN IBADAN MULTIPLE ACCIDENT
No fewer than 16 lost their lives, others injured in a multiple accidents that took place early Tuesday morning at Ajao, across from the Bovas filling station, on the Ojo/Iwo Road expressway in Ibadan.
CRC Mayowa Odewo, the spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Oyo, cited brake failure as the cause of the accident.
He said: “The accident occurred after a trailer carrying iron materials lost control and ran into multiple vehicles including a bus coming from the North with 18 passengers who are majorly children, the trailer also ran into a Micra, and Honda CR-V car 2002/2003 model.
“About 16 people died instantly, 17 people were injured, while two people in the Honda CR-V survived the accident and we were taken to a close by the hospital. Some of the injured people were Hausa’s and they refused to be hospitalised.”
“Most of the deceased were Hausa and had been taken to Shasa or Ojoo, the Seriki of the Hausa has been communicated and we have released the body of the deceased to them.
More details later…
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