Nineteen persons have been confirmed dead in an auto crash along Oyo-Ogbomoso Road in Oyo State, a crash which occurred at about 07:45 a.m. due to route violation, referred to in local parlance as ‘One Way’.
Penpushing reports that Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), who is an Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Jonas Agwu confirmed this in a statement recalling that the accident occurred on Sunday involving two vehicles, a Toyota Hiace bus registered as NTT52ZY, loaded from Ibadan en route to Sokoto, and a Toyota Corolla saloon car.
The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), explained that the act was a traffic violation that resulted in a head-on collision and fire outbreak adding that the report revealed that the crash, which was caused by route violation, involved 20 people, all male adults.
‘Of this number, 19 persons were killed, while the only surviving victim was rescued by FRSC operatives with injuries. FRSC rescue team that conducted the rescue operations have taken the injured victim to Opabode hospital in Oyo, for emergency medical attention. The dead bodies have been deposited at Oyo General Hospital morgue’, he said.
Penpushing further reports that Agwu quoted the Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu, as calling on the motoring public to avoid all incidents that could lead to road traffic crashes, and directed Sector Commanders to step up patrol operations, to address the menace of route violation on the nation’s highways.
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