6 Die In Osun Road Accident

The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ), Osun Command has announced that  six persons lost their lives in an accident that occurred on Imesi- Ile highway.

The Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamesia, said this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Sunday in Osogbo.

Benamesia said two vehilces had head on collision on Saturday at about 9: 44 p.m. due to brake failure of one of them, resulting to the death of six persons .

He said that an articulated vehicle ( Red Daf ) without number plate, collided with another blue commercial truck on Imesi -Ile hill with casualties due to speeding .

”We have five dead victims taken to University Teaching Hospital in Osun (UNIOSUN) by the Nigeria Police before the arrival of FRSC team .

”The last dead victim was trapped under the truck and we were able to use extricate machine to remove the trapped body from one of the vehicles,” Benamesia said.