Six dead, several injured in Kwara auto crash

Six persons have been feared dead and several others injured in a fatal auto accident that occurred on Wednesday along Ganmo area of Ilorin, Kwara State.

It was gathered that the multiple accident involved a ash coloured commercial Suzuki bus with registration number BDJ-134XB and a blue colour DAF (ABC435XN) loaded with onions coming from Sokoto state.

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Eyewitnesses attributed the cause of the accident to overspeeding .

Confirming the incident Kwara State commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Frederick Ade Ogidan, said nine others sustained various degrees of injuries.

“Yes, the accident involved 15 people, all males, with six killed and nine others sustained head injuries and fractures.

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“The victims have been taken to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Oke-Oyi for treatment while the corpses have been deposited at the morgue of the hospital”, he added.