Osun Multiple Accidents Claim One Life, Several Injuries Recorded

A passenger has died after being crushed in a fatal accident along the Ilesa-Akure expressway on Thursday afternoon.

The First Information Report made available by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Osun Sector Command indicated that the accident occured at Erin-Oke gate, a distance of 20 kilometres from the Iwaraja junction.

It was reported that overspeeding and loss of control were the causes of the multiple accident which involved four vehicles, a white Mazda bus with registration number, AME 315 XB, an ash colour IVECO truck with registration number, AYE 210 ZQ, an ash colour Volkswagen Carvellego bus with registration number, SSU 354 XA and an ash colour truck.

Out of the seven males, a female adult and one child involved in the accident, five male adults and the lone child escaped with bruises and fractures.

The dead passenger died as a result of being crushed by one of the trucks after he fell off the white Mazda bus he was travelling in.

According to the road safety watchdog, "The injured were taken to Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa for treatment while the lone corpse was deposited at the morgue of the hospital."

The FRSC, Osun Sector Command, through its spokesperson, Agnes Ogungbemi called on motorists to always maintain the approved speed limits as they drive around the country during this festive periods.

In another accident, two male adults have escaped with their lives as their white Volkswagen bus with registration number KRD910YA was involved in a lone accident.

The road traffic crash which occured on Thursday morning at Balogun axis about 9 kilometres to the Sasa Bridge along the Gbongan-Ibadan expressway, occured as a result of overspeeding and a burst tyre.

The scene of the crash was immediately cleared of any obstruction by personnel of the Osun Sector Command of the FRSC and the Ikire Divisional Command of the Nigerian Police has secured the crashed vehicle in their station.