One person has reportedly died in an auto crash involving an 18-seater bus that plunged into a river at Eyenkorin area along the Ilorin-Ogbomoso expressway, Ilorin.
The lone accident which reportedly occurred around 3 am, on Tuesday, involved a white Toyota Hiace 18- passengers bus with plate number Niger State KNT452XA coming from Lagos en route Kebbi.
The Tribune Online gathered that one of the rear tyres of the vehicle bursted before it plunged into the river immediately after Iyemoja village along Eyenkorin expressway.
One of the passengers was said to have died immediately while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries.
A resident of the area, Abiola Salaudeen, who confirmed the incident, said that “The accident happened around 3.am today (Tuesday). The passenger in the middle seat died immediately and another one with a broken leg. The driver and 15 others who sustained varying degrees of injuries have been taken to the hospital.
“All of them are Hausa people going to Kebbi State and the gravity of the accident from the wreckage of the vehicle was severe. It took the intervention of some people in the area to calm some of the survivors down following the trauma from the incident. It is only a miracle that only one person died during the accident,” he further added.
When contacted, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Kwara State, Mr Jonathan Owoade, said the sector was not aware of the incident, adding that his men were not involved in the rescue operation.
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