Three individuals died whereas eight others sustained numerous levels of accidents in a a number of accident that occurred on Monday at Oko Olowo alongside the Ilorin/Bode-Saadu/Jebba Expressway in Kwara State.
The accident concerned a truck carrying soybeans touring from the north to Lagos, a petroleum tanker and one other truck carrying mushy drinks.
The Kwara State Hearth Service mentioned the automobiles caught fireplace following a head-on collision that occurred because of improper overtaking by the soybean truck.
Kwara Sector Commander of the Federal Highway Security Corp, Stephen Dawulung, confirmed the incident on Monday.
He mentioned: “Preliminary investigations have revealed {that a} truck carrying feed en path to Lagos, whereas making an attempt to overhaul one other automobile, collided with an oncoming trailer carrying brewery merchandise, whereas a tanker carrying petroleum merchandise carrying the truck on the foot adopted, additionally crashing into the prevailing truck. automobiles that led to a a number of crash that ignited the fireplace that escalated as a result of presence of petroleum merchandise.
“The inferno burned the three automobiles and a motorbike concerned within the crash.
“A complete of 5 folks have been concerned within the accident. Two of them, who have been passengers on the bike, sustained accidents and have been taken to the Common Hospital, Ilorin, however the remaining three concerned within the crash sadly misplaced their lives after they have been burnt to demise within the inferno.
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