6 killed, 5 injured in Osun crash

Six persons were killed while five others sustained injuries on Wednesday in a nasty auto crash at Iyanfoworogi village near Ile-Ife, Ife South Local Government Area of Osun. The Unit Commander of the FRSC in Ile-Ife, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Adetoro said that the accident happened at about 09:00 following a collision between an articulated vehicle marked and a bus. Also added that the accident was caused by the bus driver coming from Ondo axis to Ile-Ife who wrongly overtook the truck in the opposite direction. The United Commander said that those who died were two men, two women and two children. He said his officers as well as those of NSCDC and the police were at the scene of the crash to rescue the victims. Those injured, he said, were conveyed to Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife. He added that the remains of the passengers who died were deposited at the hospital's mortuary.