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At least six persons, including a
pregnant woman, were crushed to death in an auto crash that occurred at Agbala
junction area of Ibadan in Egbeda Local Government area of Oyo State,
yesterday.
Three vehicles were said to be
involved in the accident that occurred some minutes past 7am.
Although, the Federal Road Safety
Commission, FRSC, confirmed that three people, including a woman died,
eyewitnesses said there were six casualties. There were also four people,
including a child, who were seriously injured.
Vanguard gathered that the accident happened on the ever-busy Ife‑Ibadan
Road when a commercial car, with number plate, YNF 963 AA, reportedly crossed
the road unexpectedly while the on‑coming vehicles ran into it.
Confirming the accident, Mr. Abiodun
Akinlade, the Egbeda Unit Commander of the FRSC said: “The accident happened
around 7:30 am on Ife‑Ibadan road at Agbala junction. It involved three
vehicles, including Nissan Micra with number plate YNF 963 AA; a Toyota Sienna
with number plate, XD 451 KAK, and a Volkswagen Audi with number plate, FST 452
BH.”
Giving the breakdown of the victims,
he said, nine people were involved, including three male adults, one male
child, four female adults and one female child. He said four other people were
also injured.
He said: “Among those injured
included one male child, two female adults and one female child. Two male
adults and one female adult died.”
The corpses were said to have been
taken to Oluyoro Catholic Hospital at Apomu in Osun State.
An eyewitness said three male
corpses were first taken to Egbeda local government secretariat before they
were moved to the morgue.
Another account said an articulated
vehicle also crushed a pregnant woman to death. The trailer reportedly escaped
after killing the woman instantly.
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