Not less than 12 persons have been reported dead with several others sustaining injuries of varying degrees following an auto accident on Wednesday in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The multiple auto accident which occurred at the Oko-Olowo area of the Ilorin -Jebba federal highway, at about 5:30pm involved an articulated trailer vehicle with registration number AYE 218 XC and a lighter weight vehicle with registration number TTN 556 XA.
Eye witness accounts revealed that the two vehicles had a head-on-collision with one of them loaded with both human and cow cargoes en route Ogbomosho from Ilorin, while the trailer was headed for Kano having left Lagos earlier in the day.
While eye witnesses ascribed recklessness as the cause of the accident, no official statement has been released as to the actual cause of the mishap.
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FRSC sector commander, Mufutau Irekeola spoke to newsmen and confirmed the incident. According to him, I am still waiting for the details from my boys in Olooru unit, it was a multiple accident involving a trailer and one canter truck”
Meanwhile, bodies of the victims have been have been evacuated by their families and the injured taken to nearby health facilities for medical treatment.
