Hundreds of residents of Akure burst into uncontrollable tears on Wednesday when 21 passengers, comprising five men, eight women and seven children were being deposited in the mortuary of the Ondo State Specialist Hospital, in the heart of the town.

They died in a fatal auto accident that occurred at Ilaramokin town end of the Ilesha-Akure Expressway.

The deceased included two pregnant women, seven underaged children and their parents who were going to Benue State from Lagos.

The accident, according to eye witnesses, occurred around 6.30am involving a DAF Truck with number plate LAGOS XU 606 JJJ, going towards Lagos and a Mazda commercial bus with number plate XV 315 FST.

The commercial bus had the inscription Obadigbo Local Government Area of Benue State on it.

It was gathered that the accident occurred when the truck driver was trying to avoid a deep pothole on the highway; lost the control of the vehicle in the process and hit the bus.

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The innocent always seem to pay the price of our very bad government. This is just too wrong, why do we let the poor amongst us suffer so much