Eight persons have been confirmed dead in an auto crash in Ilorin, Kwara state capital.
Scores of cows were also killed during the incident.
The accident was said to have occurred after a white coloured commercial truck from the northern part of the country rammed into a stationary vehicle.
The incident, it was gathered, occurred on Wednesday in Okoolowo area, Ilorin South local government area.
An eyewitness Salaudeen Abiola said that the driver of the cow-filled trailer with registration no DAT SGM396ZR rammed into another trailer parked along the road.
He said a male victim believed to be the owner of the animals and the driver died on the spot.
“The other victims include people inside the stationary trailer and other traders and marketers around the place during the incident. It was a gory sight to behold,” he said.
Another eyewitness gave the casualty figures as 12, comprising 10 Hausa and two Yoruba who are among the cow sellers in the area.
He said corpses of the deceased have been deposited at the morgue of the General Hospital, Ilorin.
Sector Commander of the Kwara state Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Frederick Ogidan confirmed the incident.
He said: “17 people were involved in the accident but eight died while four were injured.”