A sum of N27 million has been recovered from an auto crash that occurred in Ipetu Ijesa along Ilesa/Akure expressway on Tuesday; the Osun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) revealed.
Aside the huge amount of money recovered by the FRSC, the command’s Education Officer, Agnes Ogungbemi, disclosed that six people lost their lives while seven others were injured in multiple road accidents that occurred at the scene.
Ogungbemi, explained that the money recovered from the crash, had been handed over to the representatives of the victims’ families.
He noted that the probable causes of the crash involving two commercial vehicles, an Opel and a Toyota Sienna could not have been any other cause far from dangerous driving and excessive speeding.
The statement read in parts,
“Seven people were injured, six were killed, people involved were fourteen, 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.”
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