FIVE males lost their lives in an auto crash that occurred on Tuesday, at Ita-Oba in Orile-Imo, along Sagamu-Abeokuta expressway at about 7.20am.
The accident involving a Honda car with registration number LAGOS EKY 365 FB and a SUBARU car marked LAGOS KTU 246 AT happened due to tyre lost and speed limit violation on the part of one of the vehicles.
According to the Ogun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Clement Oladele, the crash involved nine persons leaving five dead, two injured with two rescued without any form of injury.
The remains of the deceased have been deposited at the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.
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The FRSC boss had directed relations of those who travelled in the ill-fated vehicles to visit the hospital for identification of their relatives.
He advised motorists to properly maintain their vehicles and drive within approved speed limits.