No fewer than five persons, on Friday, lost their lives in a road accident involving two vehicles in Ogun State.
Mr Ahmed Umar, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun Command, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Ota.
He said that the crash occurred at about 12.56 p.m. on Ago-Iwoye-Ibadan road, around Arebi Village.
Umar said that six other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the incident.
He further stated that a total of 11 persons, comprising six male adults and five female adults, were involved in the accident with an Opel Safia car, with registration number: FN 73 APP and a Mazda bus, marked FST 877 YC.
The sector commander said that five persons, comprising three male adults and two female adults, died in the accident.
“The corpses of the victims have been deposited at the morgue of the General Hospital, Ijebu-Ode, while the survivors are also receiving treatment at the same hospital,” he said.
Umar, who blamed the crash on excessive speeding and wrongful overtaking, cautioned motorists against speed violation, stating that they should drive defensively and be extra careful to avoid unnecessary loss of lives.
He called on family members of the victims to contact the Ago-Iwoye outpost of FRSC for more information about the road accident.
