TWO KILLED, SEVEN INJURED IN AUTO CRASH, BARELY 20 MINUTES INTO ONE HOUR JOURNEY

Akinbiyi, said the accident was caused by a mechanical problem, as the driver’s side tyre pulled out with the chassis while on motion, explaining that the accident involved 14 people: six males and eight females, adding that two females died in the accident while five females and two males sustained injuries.

“The driver side tyre pull(ed) out with the chassis while on motion which made the vehicle to lose control, ran into the road divider, hit the electric pole by the side and then somersaulted. It was in the course of somersaulting that the two females were thrown out of the vehicle because they didn’t put their seat belts on,” he said.

The agency spokesman said the corpses of the dead were deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, while three of the injured passengers were taken to the same hospital. He said that the remaining injured four were taken to another hospital.