Road accident About nine passengers traveling through the Inisha axis of the Osogbo-Ikirun-Offa expressway lost their lives today, in a ghastly Christmas Day road accident.
The passengers lost their lives when the truck conveying them lost control and uncontrollably veered off the road into the bush.
The accident which happen, today, December 25th, 2023 when citizens are celebrating Christmas involved a lone truck traveling from Niger State, and reportedly heading to Edo State. The truck was carrying bags of beans and passengers.
Speaking on the accident, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun Command, Kehinde Adeleke, said the crash occurred in the early hours of Monday at Yidi Junction, Inisa.
She said, “Today, Monday 25th of December 2023, one Mitsubishi Canter with plate number MNA606SB NIGER carrying bags of beans from Niger state to Benin Edo State was involved in an accident in the early hours, which resulted in the death of nine people out of 12.
“FRSC officers evacuated and moved the three injured passengers to Orotunde Hospital Ikirun, while the remains of the deceased were deposited at the hospital’s morgue.
“Bags of Beans and the vehicle involved have been evacuated to Inisa Police Divisional Headquarters.”
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Published 12/25/2023 10:36:48 PM