Seven people were killed and several others sustained varying degrees on injuries in a fatal road crash along the Ibadan-Ogbomoso road on Sunday.
Our correspondent gathered that the accident happened when an Ilorin bound commercial bus overtook a sport utility vehicle and tried to manoeuvre its way back to its lane but failed.
The driver of the SUV, it was further learnt, increased his speed and made it difficult for the commercial bus to join the lane.
“When the driver of the SUV increased speed, there was an articulated truck coming from Ilorin. The driver of the truck saw the commercial bus and applied brake.
“The impact of the brake was so much that the truck kept moving and with the high speed the commercial bus which was coming from Lagos, the driver could not control the bus and collided with the truck.
An eyewitness who simply identified himself as Tayo said when he got to the accident scene some moments after it occurred, people were seen assisting the accident victims.
The witness said six persons died on the spot while another victim died on the way to the hospital.
Only the driver of the bus survived the accident, according to the source said.
The accident reportedly caused serious gridlock for motorists plying the road for more than 30 minutes until security agents were drafted to the scene and towed the mangled vehicles off the road.
Also, a truck loaded with 33,000 litres of fuel was said to have sommersaulted at Taki area of Ogbomoso and emptied its contents.
Many people who rushed to the scene of the accident were seen scooping fuel until armed security men were drafted to the scene.
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