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TRAGEDY: 9 family members perish in grisly auto crash in Oyo-Ogbomoso road {SEE PHOTOS}

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Tragedy struck a family when nine of its members perished in a grisly road accident in Oyo-Ogbomoso road on Wednesday.

It involved a passenger car, the family was traveling in and an articulated vehicle.

At least 9 people had been confirmed dead while 3 sustained serious injuries.

The victims are husband, his two wives and 9 children. The 3 survivors whom were in a critical condition at BOWEN Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso are the children.

The accident, according an eyewitness account occurred as the family members were coming with their vehicle from Agric area, immediately after Odo-Oba moving towards Ogbomoso while the towing vehicle was coming from Ogbomoso.

“The cause of the accident was as a result of over speeding and wrongful overtaking by the passenger driver”, a Road Safety officer informed.

He added that investigation still continues.

The late husband, identified as Mr Muftau Gbadamosi, was the Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW), Ahoyaya Garage in Ogbomoso while his two wives, also identified as Hadija Gbadamosi and Idowu Gbadamosi were traders.

Also, a month old infant, Yinusa, christened last month also died in the accident.

When contacted, a resident Doctor at the General Hospital, in Ogbomoso, Dr Victor Backo said ”the Road Safety officers brought in 8 corpses, which include 6 Males and 2 females around 7:20 am.

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He stressed that the victims sustained multiple injuries in their heads and abdomens.

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Nightclub killing in Ogbomoso confirmed by Police; officers detained

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The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one Iyanfa Damilola at a nightclub in Ogbomoso on Monday and also detained officers involved in the incident.

Police operatives were dispatched to the nightclub at the “Under G” area, Owode Ogbomoso, while the 16th convocation of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) was going on after a distress call over a fighting incident in the place.

But the Oyo State Police Command spokesman Osifeso Adewale said the fracas worsened, leading to the firing of “warning shots” by the officers. This led to one death.

“The incident recorded the death of one Iyanda Damilola, ‘m’, and the injury of his brother one Iyanda Femi Isreal, who has since been discharged from the hospital after treatment,” Osifeso said in a Thursday statement.

“All operatives involved in the incident including Inspr Rasheed Saheed are currently under detention at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku,” he added.

According to him, the police commissioner in Oyo Adebola Hamzat has ordered that the case be “taken up by the Homicide Department of the State Criminal Investigation Department with the Deputy Commissioner of Police directly in charge of the investigations”.

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Photos: Four Injured in Collision on Ibadan-Abeokuta -Omi-Adio Expressway

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No fewer than four passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries in an auto crash on the Ibadan, Omi-Adio-Abeokuta Expressway, according to reports from Mega Icon Magazine.

The incident, which unfolded on Monday, involved a Volkswagen Golf car and a tricycle, commonly known as Keke Marwa, colliding at the Command area along the road, in the Ido local government area of Oyo state.

Eyewitnesses recounted to our reporter that the Volkswagen car, driven by an individual with mobility impairments or difficulties with his legs, suspected to be from an accident, was traveling from Apata to Omi-Adio when it veered off the road and collided with the tricycle heading towards Apata shortly after 6:00 p.m.

Four individuals, including the tricycle driver, were injured in the accident, while three occupants of the Volkswagen Golf, including a one-year-old baby, escaped unharmed.

Promptly responding to the scene, officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) swiftly took action, transporting the injured victims to an undisclosed hospital at the time of press.

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Tragic Accident Claims Lives of Siblings in Ondo 

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In a devastating incident along the Ibi-Mango area in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, two siblings met a tragic end as they were reportedly crushed to death by a truck.

 

The fatal accident occurred at 10:25 am on Saturday when the victims, riding on a motorcycle, collided with a truck loaded with sand.

 

According to an eyewitness at the scene, the siblings lost control of their motorcycle, leading to a collision with the oncoming truck along the Okitipupa route. The impact of the crash resulted in the untimely demise of the siblings.

 

Confirming the incident, Ezekiel Son-Allah, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ondo State, attributed the cause of the accident to overspeeding by the victims.

 

Son-Allah urged motorists and motorcyclists to prioritise safety on the highways by avoiding overspeeding and dangerous overtaking maneuvers.

 

The bodies of the victims were swiftly transported to the General Hospital Mortuary in Ore, as disclosed by the FRSC boss.

 

Also, the vehicles involved in the tragic collision were handed over to the police of the Ore Division for further investigation.

 

 

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