The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Osun Sector Command, says a sum of N27, 171, 400 and N21, 900 were recovered from the victims of the fatal multiple car crash that occurred on Tuesday morning, April 4, 2023.
The fatal multiple car crash, which occurred at Iwaraja Junction, claimed the lives of six persons and left others severely inj¥red.
The collision involved a red Toyota Sienna with registration number KTU896HX and green coloured Zafira Opel with number GBA440XA which were travelling 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 inj¥ries and only one person was unhurt.
The injured 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.”.
Nigerians commenting on the post on Instablog are left dumbfounded at such an amount, an Ig user @chu6x wrote “27m cash for road?😳😳 how do people feel comfortable carrying such amount of money? Too much sha”
Source: Instablog
