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Tragedy as 3 die in Ekiti Auto crash

It was a gory scene on Friday morning  between Oye/ Ilupeju,Itapa Ekiti road in Oye local government area of Ekiti state  as  a fatal accident occured and claimed the lives of three people instantly.

The accident was  reportedly caused by collisions which involved a motorcycle,pickup van and a truck.

The rider of the motorcycle  and  two passengers on the byce were butchered to death ,as they ran against one another in opposite directions. Our Correspondent gathered that the residents and passers bye  were wailing in sympathy because of the incident.

Members of Federal road safety corps,FRSC  came to the accident scene to  take the corpse of the victims.

 Confirming the  incident, the state Commander Federal Road Safety Corp,, FRSC, Olusola Joseph said.

“It is true. It involves a bike conveying three persons and a truck. It claimed the lives of the three persons in the bike.

“The bike and the vehicle were coming from opposite directions when the accident occured.

“I learnt the truck was descending while the bike was ascending. We have not really been able to establish how it really happened.

As I speak, men of the corps are on the way to hospital in Ado Ekiti to deposit the dead bodies in the morgue,” the sector commander stated.

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