No fewer than 14 people were involved in a ghastly accident, involving two vehicles with N27 million recovered from the scene.
OsunDaily News learnt that the accident occurred on Wednesday, along the Ipetu-Ilesa road in Osun State, near Iwaraja junction.
The spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Command in Osun, Agnes Ogungbemi, blamed the accident on dangerous driving and over-speeding.
According to her, six passengers were killed while seven others were severely injured and have been taken to the hospital for treatment.
She said a commercial Toyota Sienna vehicle with registration KTU 896 HX collided with another commercial Opel vehicle with registration number GBA 440 XA.
Ogungbemi added that the millions of Naira recovered from the dead passengers have been handed over to their family members.
She said, “The nature of the crash is multiple. Seven people were injured, six people were killed, seventeen people were involved but one of the passengers was not injured.
“the injured victims were taken to Wesley hospital Ilesa while corpses were deposited at the same hospital morgue.
“Our men recovered N21,900 that belongs to driver who drove one of the vehicles, the money was handed over to Nigeria Police Force, Ijebu Ijesa as their operatives towed the vehicles to their Station.
“We also recovered the sum of N27,171,400 from the scene which have been handed over to the victims’ family members.”
