Four males two females have feared dead on Sunday during a road mishap at Abuduka area of Surulere North Local Council Development Area (LCDA.), Oyo State.
The accident occurred when the brake system of a truck failed and rammed into a bus with registration number ABJ 14 XN going to Ilorin.
Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Gbenga Fadeyi (SP)confirmed the incident. He added that ten persons were also seriously injured and were rushed to Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).
Fadeyi said that the remains of the dead had been deposited at the LAUTEC Teaching Hospital. morgue.
The incident reportedly happened in the morning when the truck brake system failed and rammed into a bus with registration number ABJ 14 XN going to Ilorin.
According to an eye witness, “the bus driver tried, but could not escape the accident.
I am not sure if any of the passengers in the bus can survive, though not all are dead, the ones alive are in a coma.
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“When people tried to apprehend the truck driver, he brought out a knife and threatened to stab anybody who dared move closer.
He later took to his heels”, the witness said.
