Road Accident
Three persons were reportedly killed in a road accident involving two vehicles along the Ikirun-Osogbo express road Osun State.
The incident, which involved a Lexus 350 cat registered with Lagos number, SMK 17 JK and an unregistered truck, occurred on Tuesday afternoon.
According to sources at the scene of the incident, the Lexus car was heading to Osogbo at high speed when the driver lost control of the vehicle before hitting the truck, which was also accused of driving recklessly.
Another eyewitness, Kola Adeola, disclosed that the impact of the accident was so strong that the three occupants of the car died on the spot.
Confirming the incident on Wednesday, Osun state spokesperson of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kehinde Adeleke, disclosed that the driver of the truck allegedly took to his heel after the incident.
She added that the bodies of the deceased have been taken away from the scene by the Osun State Emergency Ambulance Service to the Uniosun teaching hospital morgue in Osogbo.
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