Nine Died, Three Injured in Christmas Day Along Ikirun-Offa Road in Oyo

Also, nine persons died, three injured in a Christmas day auto crash along Ikirun-Offa Highway.

The early Monday morning crash occurred at Yidi junction at Inisha.

The driver of the truck involved in the accident was conveying bags of beans and passengers from Niger state to Edo state.

He lost control of the vehicle and veered into the bush.

It involved a trailer laden with bags of beans and conveying passengers to Edo State from Niger State.

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The accident led to the death of nine of the passengers.

Other passengers were seriously injured and were rushed to Orotunde Hospital, Ikirun, for medical attention, while the bodies of the dead passengers were deposited at the hospital’s morgue.

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Adeleke Kehinde also confirmed the accident.

Adeleke revealed that the accident occurred in the early hours of Christmas Day at Yidi Junction, Inisa town.

Today, Monday 25th of December, 2023, one Mitsubishi Canter with plate number MNA606SB NIGER carrying bags of beans from Niger State to Benin Edo State was involved in an accident in the early hours, which resulted in the death of nine people out of 12.

FRSC officers evacuated and moved the three injured passengers to Orotunde Hospital, Ikirun, while the remains of the deceased were deposited at the hospital’s morgue.

Bags of beans and the vehicle involved have been evacuated to Inisa Police Divisional Headquarters.