Pregnant woman, 7 others die in Osun road mishap

A heavily pregnant woman and seven other passengers, Monday morning lost their lives in a fatal road mishap that occurred along Gbongan/Ibadan expressway in Osogbo, Osun State.

Victims of the tragic incident, which occurred around 6.40 a.m, according to sources were traders who were on their way from Ede to Owode via Osogbo.

DailyPost gathered that the accident which involved three different vehicles, occurred when a blue Gulf car with registration number, AG 19 EDE, coming from Ede somersaulted and landed on an ash coloured Kia car, with registration number, KUJ 74 AJ while a white Toyota Hiace bus with registration number XR 930 ABC stumbled on them.

According to an eyewitness who were at the scene of the accident, dismembered bodies of the victims littered the scene of the accident until officials of the Osun Ambulance service arrived to gather them into the ambulance.

Osun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mr Imoh Etuk who confirmed the unfortunate incident said the corpses of the victims had since been deposited at the mortuary of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.

He hinted that the officials of the FRSC in collaboration with the Osun State Ambulance Service, O’Ambulance, and the Police promptly rescued the accident victims and immediately rushed them to the hospital where they were confirmed dead.

Etuk said the identities of the victims could not be ascertained yet, adding efforts were still on to reach relatives of the victims through the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW.

He, however, warned drivers against reckless driving, just as he charged them to observe all precautionary measures while on highways to avoid needless loss of lives and properties.


Source: Daily Post