Matthew Onocheta
IBADAN – Six persons were reportedly killed while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident that happened in Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria, on Monday morning.
The accident which involved a trailer conveying tiles, a lorry loaded with bottled drinks and two tricycles, occurred at Oke Eleshin, Amuloko on Akanran Road, in the Ona Ara Local Government Area of the southwestern Nigeria state.
Among the injured persons was a pupil whose mother reportedly died in the accident.
“The accident occurred in the early hours of today (Monday). It was caused by brake failure of the trailer that was descending the slope of the road,” a staff of the Oyo Road Transport Maintenance Agency told local news outlet The Punch newspaper.
A second source said the accident occurred when a trailer lost control and crushed an unsuspecting tricycle.
“When the trailer lost control, it crushed a tricycle popularly called Keke NAPEP. Another lorry conveying soft drinks was coming from behind it and tried to avoid hitting the trailer in front, and in the process hit and crushed another Keke NAPEP.
“We learnt that six persons died while five persons sustained injuries. They have all been conveyed away from here,” Punch newspaper quoted the eyewitness was quoted as saying.
The accident reportedly caused a serious gridlock with passengers alighting and trekking.
The Managing Director of the Amuloko City Hospital, Raji Wale confirmed that some of the victims were rushed to his hospital.
The news outlet quoted Wale as saying: “Four patients were taken to his hospital. The accident occurred in the early hours of today ( Monday). Six victims were brought here with varying degrees of injury. Some were taken to other hospitals. We were able to absorb the ones brought here. Two have been treated as out-patient victims and they have been stabilized and they have left.
“Two kids have been treated and they are downstairs. One of them, I was told was in the Keke NAPEP with his mother. The mother died. The other two with severe injuries have been admitted and are being treated. They have been optimized and we are taking care of them presently.”