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16 dead, 17 injured in Oyo auto crash
At least 16 persons died in an accident involving multiple vehicles along the Ojoo-Iwo Road axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday.
The spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Oyo State, Mr. Mayowa Odewo, told journalists in Ibadan that 17 other people sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident.
He said two people escaped unscathed in the incident.
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According to him, 35 people comprising 14 men, 10 women, and 11 children were involved in the accident.
Odewo attributed the cause of the accident which involved four vehicles to the brake failure of a Mack truck marked AKM 548 ZY.
Other vehicles include a Nissan commercial bus with registration MUB 20 LG; a Nissan Micra taxi, BDJ 520 YC; and a private Honda Accord SUV, KRD 707 ER.
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