Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin
Three separate auto crashes have allegedly claimed the lives eight persons in Kwara state.
The accidents, which involved six petrol tankers and a car, occurred around Olooru-Kanbi in Moro Local Government Area of the state.
The accidents were said to have happened between Tuesday evening and early hours of Wednesday.
Eyewitness account revealed that the accident occurred when one of the tankers, heading for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depot at Oke-Oyi in the Ilorin East local government, had a head-on collision with another coming from the same depot.
It was also gathered that another tanker, loaded with diesel had a head-on coalition with one coming from Jebba, also in Moro local government area of the state.
In the process a private car was badly impacted in the accident by the tankers, sources said.
A combined team of officers and men of the Fire Service, police and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) were promptly drafted to the scene of the accident for the rescue operation.
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Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in the state, Mr. Gbenga Owoade, confirmed that eight persons died in the multiple accidents.
Owoade said that “it happened at different times along same route. First one occurred yesterday evening and the other two accidents happened early hours of today (Wednesday). The three didn’t happen at same time. It happened at separate times.
“In the first crash, two people died, second one, four persons died, while two people died in the third one. Causes of the crashes are speed violation, and loss of control”, he said.
Owoade said that two other victims of the accidents are on danger list, added that they are already receiving treatment at the intensive care unit of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UlTH).
He said the remains of the dead had been deposited at the morgue of the hospital.
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