Eight die in accident on Ilesha-Akure road

No fewer than eight persons this evening lost their lives in an auto crash along Ilesa/Akure express road.

The accident, which occurred at Ilaramokin, a suburb of Akure was reportedly caused by a lorry coming from the Akure end of the road.

An eye witness said that the driver of a lorry loaded with cement lost control and collided with a Toyota Sienna bus coming from Lagos.

It was gathered that all the eight passengers in the Sienna bus, including the driver identified as Sunday Efo died instantly, while the driver of the lorry sustained serious injuries.

It was gathered that the Toyota Sienna bus which left Ojota in Lagos was going to Ikare-Akoko before the accident occurred at Ilaramokin, some kilometers to its destination.

Residents of the area made frantic efforts to save the lives of the victims but to no avail.

It was learnt that the corpses of the victims have been deposited at the morgue of a government hospital in the state.

Efforts to get the state commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for his reaction proved abortive.