Seven lives lost in Ekiti accident

About seven people lost their lives yesterday, June 22 in an auto crash on the Iluomoba-Aisegba road in Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

Several others were also wounded during the head-on collision involving a luxury bus and an 18-passenger bus.

According to reports, the accident occurred by 6 am when the luxury bus with registration number: BDG-47-WT, and one Hummer bus with registration number: ABC-82-XH, reportedly collided, leading to the death of some persons.

Eyewitness confirmed that the luxury bus was coming from Kano to Lagos while the bus was traveling from Lagos to Abuja before the collision allegedly caused by high speed occurred.

“At about 6 am, a luxury bus had a head-on collision with an 18-seater bus on Ilumoba/Aisegba road which led to the death of seven persons, including the driver, who were on the Hummer bus, while several others on the luxury bus sustained different degrees of injuries.

“A team of traffic personnel from Ode Divisional Police headquarters led by the DPO and some personnel of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) immediately mobilised to the scene to rescue the injured survivors and took them to Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital in Ado-Ekiti, and also evacuated the seven confirmed dead bodies to the mortuary.

“It was gathered that the luxury bus was heading to Lagos from Kano while the Hummer bus was coming from Lagos heading to Abuja before the accident occurred,” a statement issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, explained.