LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICEOFNAIJA)- Six persons have been confirmed dead in a multiple auto crash which occurred along Ilorin-Omu Aran highway in Kwara State.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), Kwara State, Frederick Ade Ogidan, in an interview with journalist, confirmed the accident which took place in the early hours of the morning, on 15 February.
He said: “Yes, it is true, six people died and nine others also injured seriously in the fatal accident which was reportedly caused by over speeding.”
The auto crash, which occurred at about 5am, involved one ash-coloured commercial Suzuki bus with registration number BDJ-134XB and a blue-colored DAF trailer ABC 435XN, loaded with onions coming from Sokoto State.
According to the Sector Commander, 15 people were involved in the auto crash, all males “with six killed and nine others sustained head injuries and fractures.”
The injured people are said to have been rushed to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH, Ilorin, for treatment while the corpses have been deposited at the morgue of the hospital.