Five people have died after a diesel tanker, loaded with 45,000 litres, crushed vehicles at Aduloju on the Ojoo, Iwo Road in Akinyele Local Government Area, Oyo State, on Saturday.
The victims included two men and three women, and they reportedly died on the spot. The accident involved the tanker, an unregistered car, and four commercial vehicles known as Micra cars.
An eyewitness, Sukurat Babajide, shared that one of the cars involved had just overtaken the commercial vehicle she was in less than five minutes before the crash happened.
"One of the affected vehicles just overtook our car not up to five minutes when the incident happened. I was in another commercial vehicle. It was just like watching movies. When we got to that spot, five people had already been laid on the ground. They were two males and three females," she said.
Another eyewitness, Kemi Oguntoyinbo, confirmed that the crash involved the tanker, an unregistered car, and four Micra vehicles. She verified that five people lost their lives on the scene but did not have more details about how the accident occurred.
The state Sector Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kehinde Dahunsi, confirmed the incident when contacted by our correspondent in Ibadan, the state capital. Dahunsi explained that the tanker suffered brake failure before crashing into the commercial vehicles, leading to the death of five of the nine passengers.
"The trailer actually failed brake and went and crushed the commercial vehicles popularly called Micra that was carrying passengers and five people died on the spot. Those passengers were nine in number.
"Two males and three females died on the spot. We were able to rescue the remaining passengers. The corpses are with the police," he said.
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