The four persons are reported to have died in the accident which had
occurred yesterday, March 29, 2016 at Uncle Joe on the Mokola-Sango
Road in Ibadan, Oyo State.
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Fatal accident in Ibadan leaves four dead, one severely injured
News reports have revealed the death of four people in a fatal accident while they had been returning from a night club in the City of Ibadan.
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four persons are reported to have died in the accident which had
occurred yesterday, March 29, 2016 at Uncle Joe on the Mokola-Sango Road
in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The reports further reveal
that there had been a lone female survivor, of the initial five
occupants comprised of three men and two women, in the two cars which
had been involved in the accident.
The Nation
reports that three cars had been speeding from Dugbe to Sango when a
blue Toyota Corona, marked Lagos EKD 470BJ, reportedly lost control
while trying to overtake the two other cars at 5.15am.
The
cars are reported to have collided with the concrete demarcation in the
middle of the road with four of the victims -a woman and three men-
dying on the spot.
An unidentified source reveals
that some bottles of alcoholic wine had been recovered from the car
adding that it had taken the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC)
officials, policemen and other sympathisers about an hour before the
bodies had been removed from the totaled cars.
The State FRSC spokesperson, Oluwaseun Onijala,
confirmed the accident, adding that three male adults had died, while
revealing that preliminary investigations have shown that the collision
had been as a result of speed limit violation and the drivers, driving
under the influence.
The identities of the victims are yet to be revealed.