14 killed, 19 injured in Ibadan, Osun accidents

No fewer than 14 passengers were killed in two separate accidents  in Ibadan, Oyo state and Osun state.

Seven passengers were feared killed in the early hours of Wednesday when an 18-seater bus was involved in a lone accident in Osun State.

Daily Champion gathered that the accident occurred at about 3:45 am.

The bus reportedly rammed into a billboard along Ilesha/Osu expressway on speed.

It was learnt that the vehicle, which was coming from Zamfara State, caught fire.

The Field Commandant of Osun Security Network, codenamed ‘Amotekun’, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, confirmed the accident.

Also, in the second tragedy, seven people lost their lives, while 19 others were injured in a lone accident that occurred on Wednesday morning around Badeku area of Ibadan, Oyo State.

The lone accident, which involved a truck with registration number, OYO: NRK 312 YR, occurred at about 7.00 a.m. at Badeku Junction on Ibadan-Ile-Ife Road.

A witness, Mr Tunde Lateef, at the scene of the accident said that the truck, carrying dozens of labourers, was on speed going toward Ikire Road, when another truck, coming out of Badeku Village, crossed the expressway.

Lateef said that an attempt made by the driver of the crashed truck to avoid collision caused it to somersault, making it to fling the people on board into different directions.

Men of the Nigerian Police and Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, who arrived the scene of the accident assisted in carrying the victims to the hospitals.

The Sector Commander of FRSC in Oyo State, Mrs Unce Chukwurah, confirmed the accident in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN.

Chukwurah said the truck involved in the accident carried 26 labourers that were going for construction in the area.

“It was a lone accident. The yellow tipper vehicle was carrying 26 people, 19 of them injured, while seven died in the accident.

“The injured has been taken to ASBON Hospital at Gbagi area for treatment, while the remains of the seven dead had been collected by their relatives for burial,” she said.

The sector commander attributed the possible cause of the accident to speed violation.