Three (3) people died while eight others were injured in a multiple accident that occurred yesterday, Monday 15 January, 2024 at Oko Olowo along the Ilorin/Bode-Saadu/Jebba Expressway in Kwara State.
The accident involved a truck carrying soybean which was heading to Lagos from the North, a petrol tanker, and another truck transporting carbonated soft drinks.
According to reports from Kwara State Fire Service, the vehicles burst into flames after a head-on collision that occurred as a result of a wrong overtaking by the truck carrying carbonated soft drinks.
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| The accident scene |
Kwara Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corp, Stephen Dawulung, also confirmed the incident, on Monday.
"Preliminary investigations revealed that a truck conveying feeds en route Lagos, while attempting to overtake another vehicle, collided with an oncoming trailer conveying brewery products while a tanker carrying petroleum products which was closely following the truck also crashed into the pre-existing vehicles leading to a multiple crash which ignited the fire that escalated due to the presence of petroleum products," Stephen reported.