One person has been reported dead, while eighteen others sustained varying degrees of injury in a lone accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus at Abere, on Osogbo-Gbongan Highway.
In a statement in Osogbo, the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Osun State Command, Mrs Agnes Ogunyemi said the accident occurred at about a quarter before two o’clock in the afternoon.
Mrs Ogunyemi explained that the bus with Registration number EKY 213 lost control due to speed and likely break failure and veered off the road colliding with an object, leading to the crash of the overloaded vehicle.
She said the corpse was taken away by the family, while the eighteen injured others were taken to Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo for treatment.
The FRSC Spokesperson who noted that the 18 seated bus carried 20 passengers’ cautioned motorists against speed violations to avoid accidents.
Adenitan Akinola
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