10 Die, 5 Injured In Auto Crash On Akure-Owo Expressway
About 10 persons on Wednesday, lost their lives in an auto crash that occurred along Akure, Owo expressway at the Agbogbo area of Akure, Ondo State.
It was learnt that five others were seriously injured in the auto crash that involved a Toyota 14-passenger commercial bus with registration number Plateau PKN 63 XA with another commercial Mercedes Benz bus with registration number Abuja 561 KWL.
A witness, who could not pin point the cause of the ghastly accident said that it occurred at about 5.am, pointing out that the position of the two vehicles involved after the accident indicated that it was a head-on-collision.
It was also gathered that men of the Ondo State Police Command and their counterparts from the Federal Road Safety Corps took the deceased to the morgue of the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Akure , where the injured are also receiving treatment.
According to the source, one of the buses was said to be heading towards Abuja from Lagos while the second one was said to be coming from Jos, Plateau State.
He said, ” We just heard a very loud sound and we quickly rushed down there and met the two buses in the accident while the passengers were trapped inside one of the buses. Many of them were already dead. ”
As of the time of filling this report, the identity of the victims of the accident were yet unknown.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Femi Joseph, who confirmed the incident, said the accident was caused by reckless driving and dangerous overtaking by the vehicles involved.
The PPRO said, “It is clear that the accident was caused by reckless driving of the drivers of the vehicles, who we learnt, overtook dangerously”.
Joseph appealed to motorists using the highways to always be mindful of the road rules and regulations.
