Oyo State tanker accident claims five lives on expressway

On Saturday, a fatal accident occurred on the Ojoo–Iwo Road expressway in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, resulting in the deaths of five individuals. The incident involved a fully loaded 45,000-litre diesel tanker, an unregistered car, and four commercial vehicles known as Micra cars.

Eyewitness Sukurat Babajide reported that one of the affected vehicles had overtaken her commercial vehicle shortly before the crash. Another eyewitness, Kemi Oguntoyinbo, confirmed the involvement of the tanker and the commercial vehicles, stating that five people died at the scene.

Kehinde Dahunsi, the state Sector Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps, confirmed that the tanker suffered brake failure, which led to the collision with the commercial vehicles. Of the nine passengers in the commercial vehicles, five, two males and three females, died on the spot, while the remaining passengers were rescued.

The corpses have been taken by the police.