Tragedy struck in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State as three traditional rulers lost their lives on Friday in an auto crash in the state.
NIGERIACRIME also gathered that that same day a different set of people were involved in an accident, leaving nine persons terribly injured.
An eyewitness disclosed that the accident involved a Benz E230 with number plate OLODOGBO and a commercial Scania Truck with registration number 301 XF at Aje Iye in the local government area of the state.
One of the three monarchs was said to have survived for a few hours before giving up the ghost at the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, where he was rushed, while the remaining two reportedly died on the spot of the accident.
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One of the eyewitnesses, Olawoyin Adekunle, said, “Six passengers were involved in the crash, but the three survivors are undergoing treatment at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital. The affected passengers were going for a social function at the nearby community when the accident occurred.
“The affected monarchs are Olodogbo of Odogbo, Onibowula of Bowula and Alayetoro of Ayetoro in Oriire Local Government.”
When contacted, the state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Joshua Adekanye, confirmed the incident and said, “It was a head on collision involving a private and commercial vehicles on Ogbomoso-Oyo Wxpressway. The survivors are undergoing treatment at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital while the corpses of the victims have been deposited at the morgue of the same hospital.”
In a related development, Adekanye also confirmed that nine out of the 13 persons suffered varying degrees of burnt when a truck caught fire on Ogbomoso-Oyo Expressway on the same day
He added that no life was lost but the injured ones are receiving treatment in the hospital.