By Adeyinka Adeniran
Authorities have identified brake failure as the ause of rhe road crash the claimed the lives of five individuals and crushing four vehicles in a fatal incident that happened around Aduloju Bus Stop along the Ibadan – Ojoo Expressway, Ibadan on Saturday.
The Nation reports that no fewer than five people were confirmed dead after a fully loaded 45,000-litre diesel tanker reportedly crushed four vehicles.
The incident, according to sources involved the tanker, an unregistered car and four commercial cab popularly called Micra vehicles.
The victims were identified as two males and three females.
Cconfirming the development, the State Sector Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kehinde Dahunsi said the trailer actually failed break and went and crushed the commercial vehicles with passengers on board.
Dahunsi said, “The trailer actually suffered break failure and went and crushed the commercial vehicles popularly called Micra that was carrying passengers and five people died on the spot.
“Those passengers were nine in number. Two males and three females died on the spot.
“We were able to rescue the remaining passengers. The corpses are with the police.”
