- Safiu Kehinde
At least six persons have been confirmed dead while five others sustained various degrees of injury in an accident involving multiple vehicles on Monday at Oke Eleshin, Amuloko area of Oyo State.
This was confirmed to newsmen by the Federal Road Safety (FRSC) Public Education Officer in the State, Mayowa Odewo, in Ibadan.
According to Odewo, eleven persons were involved in the accident, while the five vehicles involved in the accident were two tricycles, two trucks and a Sienna car.
He disclosed that the five injured persons had been taken to Amuloko City Hospital by good Samaritans, while the corpses were taken to University College Hospital, Ibadan, before the arrival of FRSC personnel.
Meanwhile , Odewo appealed to drivers to adhere strictly to road safety rules and regulations in order to reduce avoidable crashes.
According to report, eyewitness disclosed that that a trailer, which appeared to have lost control, had rammed into the vehicles.
He further revealed among the dead victims were pupils and a mother to one of the pupils.