One dead, six injured in Ondo auto crash

A yet-to-be-identified man was killed in a road accident that occurred on the Benin-Ore Expressway in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday.

The accident was said to have involved a Nissan Vanette Bus with registration number REL882XA and a DAF Truck with number LAR 261XV.

It was gathered that the accident happened when it was drizzling and the road was wet.

One of the vehicles involved was said to have driven against the traffic on the expressway, thereby causing the crash.

The Ondo State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the incident.

The Public Relations Officer of the command, Tola Ogunbanwo, said six persons were injured in the fatal accident.

Ogunbanwo said, “The victims were taken to the state General Hospital by the police working very close to the scene while corpse was deposited at a morgue in Opeyemi Hospital Hospital Ore.”

Source: Punch