The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Osun Sector Command, says N27, 171, 400, and N21, 900 were recovered from fatal accident victims.
The crash which occurred on the 4th of April, 2023 at Iwaraja Junction claimed the lives of six persons and left others severely injured.
The collision involved a red Toyota Sienna with registration number KTU896HX and green colored Zafira Opel with number GBA440XA which were traveling in opposite directions on the Ipetu-Ilesa axis of the Ilesa-Akure expressway.
The Osun FRSC Sector Public Education Officer, Agnes Ogungbemi, in a statement said:
“The accident involved 11 males and 3 females. Six males lost their lives, while seven others sustained severe injuries and only one person was unhurt.
The inj¥red victims were taken to Wesley Hospital Ilesa while bodies were deposited at the same hospital morgue.
N21,900 that belongs to the driver who drove GBA440XA OPEL ZAFIRA was handed over to the Nigeria Police Ijebu Ijesa. The Nigeria Police towed the vehicles to their station.
The sum of twenty-seven million one hundred and seventy one thousand, four hundred Naira (N27,171,400) only was recovered and handed over to the victims’ family members.”