N27m Recovered at Scene of Accident Which Claims Six Lives in Osun

N27m Recovered at Scene of Accident Which Claims Six Lives in Osun The Osun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said disclosed that six people lost their lives while seven others were injured in multiple road accidents that occurred in Ipetu Ijesa along Ilesa/Akure expressway on Tuesday.

A statement by the Sector Public Education Officer, Agnes Ogungbemi, further disclosed that the sum of N27,171,400 cash was recovered from the scene of accident.

She added that the recovered cash had been handed over to the representatives of the victims’ families.

Ogungbemi who attributed the cause of road crash to dangerous driving and over speeding, said two commercial vehicles, an Opel and Toyota Sienna, were involved in the accident.

The statement read in parts, “Seven people were injured, six people lost their lives. People involved were 14 and one person was not injured.

“The injured victims were taken to Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, while corpses of the deceased were deposited at the same hospital morgue.

“N21,900 belonging to the driver who drove GBA440XA OPEL ZAFIRA was handed over to NPF Ijebu Ijesa. Police towed the vehicles involved to their station.

“Also, a sum of Twenty-Seven Million One Hundred and Seventy-One Thousand Four Hundred Naira (N27,171,400) only was recovered from the scene and handed over to the victims’ family members.”