No fewer than six persons, including a minor, have lost their lives in a fatal road accident which occurred in Ajue on the Ondo-Ore Road in Ondo State.
FACTUAL NAIJA NEWS learnt that the accident
occurred when the driver of a trailer coming from Ondo town lost control of the
wheel and veered off the road before ramming into a Nissan bus loaded with 10
passengers.
A source was quoted to say that the six
people who were inside the bus were said to have died on the spot.
It was also learnt that it took the
intervention of motorists and sympathizers around the scene to rescue other
passengers in the vehicle.
The Unit Commander of the Federal Road
Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ore, Babafemi Alonge, confirmed the accident.
Alonge said that the accident involved a
truck with registration number MUS 321 YF and a Nissan bus with registration
number RGB 487 XA.
He further added that the two vehicles had
a collision as a result of their drivers’ carelessness.
According to him, “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 the
deceased have been taken to a morgue.