3 people were reportedly dead and four injured on thursdy afternoon as an articulated vehicle ram into at Mokola roundabout in Ibadan
Vehicles and motorcycles were also damaged during the incident
An eye witness told our reporter that the fuel tanker loose control and ram into people inside popular filling station
The incident caused a great gridlock around the area and police
The Executive Chairman of the Oyo State Road Transport Management (OYRTMA), Mogaji Akin Fagbemi said the accident occurred at 11:20am involving a gas tank (richbam) with registration number: MAP810YY, two Micra cars and four motorcycles.
According to Fagbemi, the cause of the accident was as a result of brake failure. His words:
“Immediately the accident occurred, OYRTMA officials rescued three victims and were quickly rushed to UCH, why two people were removed from the trap of truck and the corpses had been deposited at Adeoyo hospital.
” The rescue operations were done by OYRTMA in collaboration with the Nigeria Police, Road Safety, Civil Defence and Operation Burst.
The vehicles involved had been removed from the road and were towed to mokola police station for further investigation.”
