A fatal road accident on Tuesday claimed eight lives and left four others hospitalized along the Oyo–Ogbomosho Expressway, directly in front of Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo State.
Confirming the incident in a statement to PUNCH on Wednesday, the Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mary Alo, provided details on the casualties.
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According to her, “The accident occurred on Tuesday. Nineteen people were involved. Eight people died while four people are receiving treatment at the state hospital in Oyo town.”
She added that the bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the hospital morgue, saying, “The corpses of the victims are also at the morgue of the hospital.”