Government Area of Ondo State, on Saturday has claimed four lives
while fourteen others sustained injuries.
On Sunday Joseph Ojerinde, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), in
charge of field operations, state command, confirmed the accident.
According to him, the vehicles crash happened as a result of reckless
driving by one of the drivers.
A Mazda bus, with registration number Lagos KSF 706 XF carrying 18
passengers and a Honda Accord saloon car with number AA 239 GBH were
involved in the accident.
The officer said:
"The Honda car made a dangerous overtaking and consequently collided
with the bus coming from the opposite direction."
"We were told that the Honda Accord car dangerously overtook a vehicle
and in the process, had a head-on collision with the Mazda bus coming
from the other side."
Ojerinde, who said that four under-aged children were also involved in
the accident, did not confirm their condition.
According to NAN, the identities of the victims were not known as of
the press time.
However, the officer said that the bodies of the dead had been
deposited at the morgue of the State Specialist Hospital, Akure, and
the injured had been taken to the General Hospitals in Igbara-Oke and
Ilara-Mokin for treatment.
