4 die in auto accident, 14 injured

No fewer than four persons lost their lives in a fatal auto crash that occurred at Igbara Oke in Ifedore Local Government area of Ondo state, yesterday evening.

The accident, which involved an 18-passenger Mazda bus, with registration number, Lagos KSF 706 XF and a Honda Accord saloon car, with registration number, AA239GBH, also left 14 persons injured.

Confirming the incident, the Officer in charge of Field Operation, Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in the state, Mr Joseph Ojerinde said the accident that occurred at 6.30pm on Saturday, was as a result recklessness on the part of one of the drivers of the vehicles.

According to him, the two vehicles involved in the crash had a head-on collision, explaining that the Honda car overtook dangerously and consequently collided with the bus coming from the opposite direction.


“Immediately we were informed about the accident, our men moved to the scene; there, we were told that the Honda Accord car, dangerously overtook a vehicle and thereby had a head-on collision with the Mazda bus coming from the other side.” Ojerinde stated

He further explained that the 22 victims of the accident included 14 males, four females and four under-aged children, noting that the four that died were male adults.

The identities of the victims were not known as at press time, but the FRSC officer said the dead had been deposited at the mortuary of the State Specialist Hospital, Akure, the state capital, while the injured had been taken to the General Hospitals in Igbara Oke and Ilara-Mokin for treatment.

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