No fewer than two people lost their lives in a crash on Airport Road, Oba-Ile in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the crash involved a Toyota Corolla car and a bullion van.

The accident involved a Toyota Corolla car with number plate APP 91 GR and a bullion van truck belonging to Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, with registration number JTA 478 AA.

According to an eyewitness, the Toyota was on a top speed from Akure end of the road when he approached the sharp bend at Jojein part of the road when he suddenly lost control of the car.

After approaching the bend, the eyewitness added the driver of the corolla swerve to the other lane and rammed into the truck coming from the Airport end of the road.

Following the impact, the truck tumbled with its driver also sustaining serious injury

Mr Ahmed Hassan, Ondo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said six people were involved in the accident while two people died.

Hassan said a male and a female lost their lives out of the three males and three females in the vehicles.

According to him, the injured victims were taken to Joe Jane Hospital by passersby, the same hospital where the corpses were taken to.

He said the Toyota Corolla was towed to Oba-Ile Police Station, while the bullion van was towed to the CBN office, Akure, by men of Oba-Ile police station.

A witness told NAN that the driver of the Toyota Corolla, coming from Akure towards the Airport in Oba-Ile, lost control as a result of speeding.

The car was said to have jumped over the central barrier dividing the dual carriageway and crossed to the other side of the road, colliding with the bullion van heading to Akure.

The witness, who further explained that the four occupants of the Toyota Corolla were made up of two girls and two boys, however, said three died on the spot while one was still alive.

According to the witness, policemen from Oba-Ilee Division evacuated the victims to the state hospital in Akure.

SOURCE;
https://guardian.ng/news/road-accident-claims-2-lives-in-ondo-state/amp/

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Totilopussylick:
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Amen but our youths should be careful of over speeding while driving.

Over speeding kills

May God keep us safe in our going out and coming in by God's grace Amen

Bola146:
May God keep us safe in our going out and coming in by God's grace Amen

Amen........

So many sad news in the country......

corolla gang, naija sports super car

id4sho:
corolla gang, naija sports super car

Corrolla causing problems since 1900

Wickedtruths:
Plastic corolla against armoured Mercedes truck. That car was bought November last year. New series of plates.
You people driving corolla don't hear word with your overspeeding.
RIP to the dead. May God console the families of the deceased.

Ikoja aye..........corolla can pass boundary sha

Wickedtruths:


Corolla drivers don't hear word and that car kills the owners like chickens. The foolish drivers will be speeding as if they are being chased by demons. Car that is unstable at high speed.

I wonder too oooo na so one corolla guy dey claim to do car race with mercedez........i just hope they listen and the earlier they listen the better for them all.