No fewer than 11 individuals have reportedly died in an accident that occurred within the early hours of Tuesday on Jebba/Ilorin Categorical highway.
Seven different passengers had been additionally critically injured within the deadly accident which concerned two automobiles: a DAF Truck and an 18-passenger Toyota Hiace bus.
The accident, based on the data supplied by the Federal Highway Security Corps, occurred at Aiyere village alongside the Bode-Saadu-Ilorin route at about 4.50 am.
FRSC stated that the crash occurred on account of wrongful overtaking and velocity violation by one of many automobiles.
A press release by the FRSC Public Relations Officer, Kwara Sector Command, Basambo Olayinka, stated that the command obtained the report of the accident within the early morning of Tuesday.
“On receipt of the report of the crash, our operatives on the Assist and Rescue Camp (which was established at Bode Saadu to fortify rescue operations through the ongoing end-of-year particular patrol operations) had been instantly mobilised to the crash scene for the rescue operation, which was carried out along side males of the Nigerian Police Pressure, Divisional Headquarter, Bode Saadu.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the Toyota Hiace bus coming from Gombe enroute to Lagos wrongfully overtook one other automobile leading to a head-on collision with an oncoming DAF Truck.
“A complete of 18 individuals (male grownup) had been concerned, 11 of them sadly misplaced their lives whereas Seven others had been rescued with various levels of damage and have been taken to Ifeoluwa Hospital, Bode Saadu, the place they’re at present receiving therapy.”
The assertion stated that the sector commander, Stephen Dawulung, has directed a full investigation into the crash which has already commenced.
“The corps and Kwara State Command deeply sympathize with households of the useless and want the injured fast restoration.”
Dawulung admonished drivers “to drive inside the stipulated velocity limits, keep away from evening journeys, and lengthy hours of driving with out satisfactory relaxation, which might outcome to fatigue, lack of alertness, poor visibility and poor judgment, as these represent high-risk elements that outcome to crashes with excessive fatality.”