AS Nigerians awaited daybreak and the felicitations that mark
Eid-el-Kabir, 10 persons lost their lives in two motor accidents that occurred
in Ondo State on Friday and in the early hours of Saturday.
Eight persons died, while three others were injured in the first ghastly
accident that occurred along Akure – Owo expressway, about five kilometers to
Ikare junction.
The accident, which involved an Abuja-bound Toyota Sienna car with
registration number Anambra ABN 214 and a Renault articulated vehicle marked
Lagos LND 426 XC, was said to have shaken sympathisers.
An eyewitness informed said that the Toyota bus’ driver was trying to
overtake a vehicle in front of his when the unfortunate incident happened.
According to him, the driver of the Sienna dangerously overtook the
other vehicle and in the process ran into the articulated vehicle coming from
the opposite direction.
The entire occupants of the bus were said to have died on the spot as it
was rammed under the trailer, which reportedly dragged it for some meters
before it swerved off the expressway.
The impact of the accident was so much that the roof of the bus was
sliced off, while it took the efforts of sympathisers to remove the bodies of
the victims from its wreckage.
When contacted, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ondo State
command, Wole Ogodo, confirmed the accident, adding that it happened at about
3.30am.
He stated that the three survivors were responding to treatment, adding
that the driver of the truck escaped from the scene before the security
agencies were alerted.
Ogodo added that the police was investigating the matter, giving the
assurance that the escaped driver would soon be brought to book.
The second accident that reportedly occurred at about 10.40 p.m. of the
same day along Akure – Ondo expressway, close to Ilesa garage, claimed the
lives of two persons. One other person escaped with some injuries.
According to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the accident involved
a Mitsubishi Space Runner and a Honda bike.
Corpses of the deceased were said to have since been deposited in the
morgue.
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