Eight persons Tuesday lost their lives in an ghastly motor accident that occurred along Ilesa/Akure Express road in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The accident, which occurred at Ilaramokin, a suburb of Akure according to eye witnesses was caused by a lorry coming from the Akure end of the road.
The witness, who worked with a local media outfit, told reporters that the driver of a lorry loaded with cement lost control and the lorry collided with a Toyota Sienna bus coming from Lagos.
It was gathered that all the eight passengers in the commercial Sienna bus including the driver identified as Sunday Efo died instantly, while the driver of the lorry sustain serious injuries.
It was gathered that the Toyota Sienna bus which left Ojota in Lagos was going to Ikare-Akoko before the accident occurred at Ilaramokin, some kilometers to its destination.
The witness said that residents of the area made frantic efforts to safe the lives of the victims but to no avail.
It was learnt that the corpses of the victims have been deposited at the morgue of a government hospital in the state.
Efforts to get the state commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for his reaction proved abortive.
The accident, which occurred at Ilaramokin, a suburb of Akure according to eye witnesses was caused by a lorry coming from the Akure end of the road.
The witness, who worked with a local media outfit, told reporters that the driver of a lorry loaded with cement lost control and the lorry collided with a Toyota Sienna bus coming from Lagos.
It was gathered that all the eight passengers in the commercial Sienna bus including the driver identified as Sunday Efo died instantly, while the driver of the lorry sustain serious injuries.
It was gathered that the Toyota Sienna bus which left Ojota in Lagos was going to Ikare-Akoko before the accident occurred at Ilaramokin, some kilometers to its destination.
The witness said that residents of the area made frantic efforts to safe the lives of the victims but to no avail.
It was learnt that the corpses of the victims have been deposited at the morgue of a government hospital in the state.
Efforts to get the state commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for his reaction proved abortive.
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