Four die in Ondo auto crash

By Temitope Adedeji,Akure

Four persons have been confirmed died in an accident which occurred along Olokuta Minimum Correctional Centre/Shasha Road, in Akure, Ondo State on Wednesday morning.

Eyewitnesses at the scene, said the accident occurred when a Sienna bus, coming from Ondo axis had a head on collision with an Ore bound hummer bus.

The four victims, including the driver of one of the buses, were said to have died immediately at the scene of the accident

It took the intervention of motorists and residents around the area to rescue other passengers who were trapped in the vehicles.

Men of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ondo State later arrived the scene and removed the corpses of the victims to the mortuary.

The accident caused gridlock on the Akure-Ondo road for several hours.