Thirty people
lost their lives in a multiple New Year road accident near Bola Ige International
market along new Ife-Ibadan expressway, Gbagi, Ibadan, Oyo state capital.
According to reports, the
victims were crushed to death by an oncoming trailer from Iwo road axis which
rammed into the commercial buses by the entrance of the market.
The Gbagi
accident which occurred around 11:45pm, led to heavy gridlock which saw
vehicles enroute Ife from Ibadan stranded for several hours.
Although, no eyewitness
could say if the trailer suffered a brake failure or if the affected buses were
parked on the road, sources confirmed that only two people initially survived
the accident and many people were taken to a nearby hospital while other
passengers were said to have died immediately.
A Toyota Camry and Nissan
Micra cars were also said to have been crushed by the trailer. Sources,
however, hinted that many of the victims included people going to churches for
the cross-over service at Iyana-Agbala and Egbeda Area of the capital city.
Confirming the development,
the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Adekunle Ajisebutu, puts the
casualty figure at eleven, while another report obtained from the office of the
Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mrs Cecilia Alao, indicated that 12 people died
as a result of the incident and their corpses were deposited at the morgue of
Oyo State Specialist Hospital, Adeoyo.
It noted that aside from
nine who died immediately at the scene, additional three persons died on
Tuesday morning out of the 10 injured victims who were conveyed to Toun
Specialist Hospital, Iwo road area for medical attention.
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