- A road crash along Oyo-Ogbomoso, has led to the death of 12 people
- Witnesses say a loss of control led a bus to veer off course
- Having veered off course, the bus reportedly plunged into Odo-Oba River
Authorities
have said that 12 people reportedly died in an accident on
Oyo/Ogbomoso road when a commuter bus skidded off the road and plunged
into Odo-Oba river on Saturday, January 14.
According to
eye-witnesses, the accident occurred when the bus was trying to avoid a
head on collision with an articulated vehicle that lost control and
veered off its lane.
Just In: 12 killed in accident along Oyo-Ogbomoso road
Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission
(FRSC), Mr Yusuf Salami and the Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo
State Command, SP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the accident.
The police spokesperson said the
bodies of the victims had been taken to Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso.
Ajisebutu
said, “The driver of the Mazda bus lost control of the vehicle and
plunged into the Odo-Oba River. Nine adults and three kids died on the
spot and their bodies have been deposited at the LAUTECH Teaching
Hospital in Ogbomoso. There were three survivors.
Vanguard reports that the police, with assistance from local drivers, pulled the bodies and passengers out of the river.
"The vehicle is still in the river” in his own account, Salami said.
Adding that: “From
the report I had, the bus was travelling to Ilorin and as it approached
the slope leading to the small bridge over the river, an articulated
truck took over the path of the road and, in an effort to avoid
collision with it, the bus driver veered off the road and plunged into
the river.
“It was difficult
pulling the passengers out of the river despite volunteer rescuers that
arrived at the scene early. 12 people died immediately.”
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