Three persons including two male and a female were on Wednesday morning killed in a road accident in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The incident which occurred in front of a petrol station at Total Garden involved a Coca Cola truck and a commercial motorcyclist carrying two passengers.
Two other persons also sustained various degrees of injuries during the accident.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commandant in Oyo State, Mrs. Uche Winifred Chukwurah, confirmed the incident
Chukwurah said that five people were involved in the accident, which said was caused by a brake failure.
“The fault was brake failure according to the report.
“The number of persons involved was five persons.
“Three male adults and two female adults. And then, two people were injured. While three persons were killed, two males and one female,” she said