On Sunday night, a commercial bus and a trailer were involved in a collision.
The commercial bus and trailer were both involved in the collision, which happened on Sunday night in Ogo Oluwa Local Government Area, Oyo State.
On Monday morning, The next day an Okada rider was killed when he collided with a stopped car at Ote in Surulere Local Government Area of the state’s Ogbomoso-Ilorin road.
The PUNCH Metro was informed by witnesses that all of the victims were male adults and that their bodies had been transferred to the mortuary at the Ladoke Akintola Teaching Hospital while the injured were transported to the Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, for treatment.
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According to our correspondent’s inquiries, the commercial bus and its 21 passengers were travelling north before the event occurred.
One of the witnesses, Seun Fakorede, stated, “The accident occurred Sunday evening. The driver of the bus was trying to overtake the trailer at that sharp corner and suddenly he lost control and hit the trailer. All of a sudden, the bus veered off the road and somersaulted almost five times. Five people died immediately. Others were quickly rushed to the hospital by the road safety officials.”
The Federal Road Safety Corps’ Ogbomoso Unit Commander, Isaac Adebayo, confirmed the two occurrences to The PUNCH over the phone on Monday. “The incident happened Sunday evening around 17:00 hours,” he added.
“Five died immediately. My people have gone there this morning. I just confirmed from him that another person died at the hospital, making it six altogether.
“Also this morning, my people have to go to another rescue on the Ilorin road. An Okada rider ran into a trailer again at Gbede, very close to Ote. He also died. That’s the information I’ve gotten so far,” he explained.
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