A lone accident involving a black commercial Toyota Hiace bus with vehicle registration number LND 742 XK claimed 10 lives in kwara state
The Kwara Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) sector commander Jonathan Owoade while confirming the incident said the accident occured on Oko Olowo/Oloru road at Iyemoja on the outskirts of Ilorin, the state capital,
Owoade added that the crash was as a result of speed violation.
“The Olooru Unit Command of the FRSC received a call at around 3:50pm today about a crash which occurred at Iyemoja on Oko Olowo-Olooru road axis.
18 persons were involved and unfortunately 10 of them lost their lives and eight other persons injured.
“The cause of the crash was as a result of speed violation,” he said.
The sector commander said the rescue team of the FRSC had taken the injured persons to Ayo Hospital Okolowo and the General Hospital Ilorin, while the corpses have been deposited at the morgue in the general hospital
