Eight Die In Ondo Road Accident

A total of eight people have lost their lives while five other people sustained injuries, in a fatal road accident that occurred along the Ondo-Ore Expressway at Bagbe in the Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday.

It was gathered that the crash involved  a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number ARC 616 XA and a truck with no number plate.

An eyewitness disclosed that the accident occurred when the bus was trying to overtake another vehicle, thereby colliding with the truck at the other lane of the road.

The incident was said to have caused traffic logjam for several hours and it took the intervention of the men of the Ondo Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps and the policemen before the road was cleared.

Those who lost their lives had been deposited at the morgue of a hospital while the injured were also taken to the hospital for treatment.