On Sunday night in Akungba Akoko, Akoko South West area of Ondo State, a truck is said to have lost control of its brake and crashed into several vehicles thereby causing the death of some people.
The truck was said to be coming from lkare Akoko when it developed a brake fault as it was descending from the popular hill in Akungba Akoko know as Okerigbo near University.
An Eyewitness said that policeman from Akungba who rushed to the scene of the accident conveyed those that died and those injured to the hospital in Akungba.
” l counted seven dead bodies that were carried by police officers into their van.”
Mr. Tolu Babaleye, a social media commentator described the accident as terrible. Babaleye said on his Facebook wall that
” This accident is terrible, over 7 vehicles involved. Many are dead and many are missing. May God heal the land.
