Ten lives lost in Kwara road crash

 

Ten persons have reportedly lost their lives in the early Monday morning road traffic crash around Iyemoja village along Olooru-Okoolowo express road in the Moro local government area of Kwara state. 

Nigerian Tribune gathered that the fatal crash, which occured around 06:40 am involved two vehicles, a Volvo truck and a Toyota Hiace bus.

It was also gathered that a total of 20 people (15 male adults, four female adults and one male child) were involved, while 10 male adults sustained varying degrees of injury and 10 people (5 male adults, four female adults and one male child) lost their lives.

According to reports of the preliminary investigation by the operatives of the state sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and signed by the state sector commander, Stephen Dawulung, the crash occured due to wrongful overtaking by the driver of the Volvo truck leading to the head-on collision with the bus.

The FRSC also said that the bus was coming from Lagos en route Sokoto and was conveying 17 passengers and goods, while the truck was said to be coming from the North en route Lagos and had three passengers.

“Today, January 8, 2024, a fatal road traffic crash occured along Olooru-Okoolowo Road around a village known as Iyemoja.

“The crash which occured around 0640hrs involved two vehicles, a Volvo truck and a Toyota Hiace bus.

“On receipt of the report of the crash, our Rescue operatives at Olooru Unit and at the Help and Rescue Camp (which was established at Bode Saadu to fortify rescue operations during the ongoing end-of-year special patrol operations) were immediately mobilized to the crash scene for the rescue operation.

“Preliminary investigations revealed the following; The crash occured due to wrongful overtaking by the driver of the Volvo Truck which led to the head-on collision with the Bus.

“The injured victims have since been taken to General Hospital, Ilorin while corpses of the dead were taken to UITH mortuary, Ilorin.

“The Kwara Sector Command will continue to play our part in ensuring safety of all Road Users in Kwara State and we hope all drivers will remember to drive to stay alive”.

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