Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Five seriously wounded in auto-crash in Akure



An auto-crash on Tuesday in the heart of Akure, the Ondo state capital, has left five persons, including two women, seriously injured.
The crash occurred at about 11 30a.m on Lafe Junction area on the popular Oyemekun/Adesida road.
Sources say a Nisan Sunny taxi marked ONDO XB 800 KTP, reportedly lost control while on top speed and ran into a mini truck marked ONDO XA 747 www,  belonging to a furniture company, packed by the side of the road.
According to eyewitness reports, the severity of the impact pushed the truck over the kerb used to demarcate the pedestrian walkways from the main road and over the drainage channel.
Those injured including the driver and a woman that sat in the front of the car were rushed by sympathizers to the State Specialist Hospital while three others at the back including another woman were rushed to private hospitals.
At the time of this report,men of the Motor Traffic Division of the Akure Area Command of the Ondo State Police Command were said to have towed the wrecked commercial cab off the road.

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