No fewer than seven travelers on Wednesday evening lost their lives in a ghastly auto crash involving two vehicles in Ekiti State.
It was gathered that the accident, which claimed seven lives, involved an 18-passenger bus and a Toyota car, which had a head-on collision along the Iluomoba-Aisegba highway in the Gbonyin local government area leading to the death of the casualties, reports Nigerian Tribune.
An eyewitness revealed yesterday, that one of the vehicles was about to dodge a pothole and was said to have lost control, and collided with the oncoming vehicle travelling to Ado-Ekiti.
Confirming the incident, the Sector Commander, FRSC in Ekiti State, Olusola Joseph, who refuted the claim that 19 persons had died, revealed that the number of passengers that occupied the two vehicles was 17.
The Sector Commander clarified that seven passengers lost their lives and the victims had been deposited in the morgue.
Joseph warned motorists against over speeding, which he described as the reason for unwarranted carnages on Nigerian roads, by strictly observing traffic safety rules and regulations.
In a related development, the state police command has threatened to arrest and prosecute drivers flouting traffic rules across the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Abutu Sunday in a statement today expressed regret over the rising occurrences of road accidents in the state, noting these accidents had been traced to disobedience to traffic rules.
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