Ondo road crash claims six lives

By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure

No fewer than six persons have lost their lives in a fatal road accident which occurred on Tuesday morning in Ajue on the Ondo-Ore road in Ondo State.

It was learnt that the accident occurred when the driver of a trailer coming from Ondo town lost control of the wheels and veered off the road before ramming into a Nissan bus loaded with 10 passengers.

The six victims of the accident, who were inside the bus were said to have died on the spot.

Eyewitnesses said that it took the intervention of motorists and sympathisers around the scene before some surviving passengers in the vehicle could be rescued.

Babafemi Alonge, the Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ore, who confirmed the accident, said that the accident involved a truck with registration MUS 321 YF and a Nissan bus with registration RGB 487 XA.

Alonge explained that the drivers of the two-vehicle had a collision as a result of carelessness.

He said, “The accident involved a truck and a Nissan bus loaded with 10 passengers coming from Ondo axis.

“Unfortunately, the driver of the truck who was heading to Ore lost control and immediately entered the second lane by ramming into the bus.

“Six persons died inside the bus as a result of the collision while others who sustained various degrees of injuries were rushed to the hospital by our men.

“Those who lost their lives to the accident are one male, four female adult and a female child while four persons were injured.”

He, however, added that the corpses of casualties have been taken to the hospital’s morgue.