Categories: Kwara

Eleven Killed in Kwara Road Accident

26 people were involved in a road accident caused by overtaking in Kwara community
The accident also claimed 11 lives, leaving 15 others hospitalized

Ekohotblog reports that eleven people have lost their lives in a road accident on sunday afternoon in Kwara state.

The Kwara sector commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), Jonathan Owoade, who confirmed this to journalists in Ilorin, said the crash occurred on Jebba-Bode Saadu road in Moro local government area in Kwara state.

Mr Owoade explained that the crash involved a private Toyota Corolla with registration number AAA 250 CB and a commercial Toyota Hiace bus with registration number LAP 179 XA.

According to the sector commander, the crash occurred due to wrongful overtaking by one of the vehicles which has led to 11 people losing their lives and 15 others suffering varying degree of injuries and fractures.

“This (Sunday) evening, we received a distress call of a crash which happened around 4:00 p.m. at Onipako village, along Bode-Saadu-Jebba road. The road crash resulted from wrongful overtaking; 26 persons were involved, 15 were injured, and, unfortunately, 11 others lost their lives,” the FRSC commander explained. “This is another unfortunate crash we pray not to witness again. I plead with motorists, especially commercial drivers, to be patient when they are on the wheel. Life has no duplicate.”

Mr Owoade said that the corpses had been deposited at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, adding that the injured were taken to Jebba Medical Centre and Emmanuel Hospital, Jebba.

David Titiloye