The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 19 persons in a ghastly motor accident which occurred on Sunday on Oyo-Ogbomoso Road in Oyo State.
ACM Jonas Agwu, Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), confirmed this in a statement in Abuja.
According to Agwu the crash involved two vehicles, a Toyota Hiace bus registered as NTT52ZY, loaded from Ibadan en route to Sokoto, and a Toyota Corolla saloon car.
He said that the crash, which occurred at about 07:45 a.m. was due to route violation, referred to in local parlance as ‘One Way’.
He the act resulted in a head-on collision and fire outbreak.
” Report revealed that the crash, which was caused by route violation, involved 20 people, all male adults.
“Of this number, 19 persons were killed , while the only surviving victim was rescued by FRSC operatives with injuries.
“FRSC rescue team that conducted the rescue operations have taken the injured victim to Opabode hospital in Oyo, for emergency medical attention.
“The dead bodies have been deposited at Oyo General Hospital morgue,” he said.
Agwu quoted the Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu, as calling on the motoring public to avoid all incidents that could lead to road traffic crashes.
He also directed sector commanders to step up patrol operations, to address the menace of route violation on the nation’s highways.
(NAN/vitalnewsngr.com)
