Eight persons on Tuesday lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident along Ilesa/Akure Expressway in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The accident, which occurred at Ilaramokin, a suburb of Akure, according to eyewitnesses was caused by a lorry coming from the Akure end of the road.
The witness, who works with a local media, told newsmen that the driver of a lorry loaded with cement lost control, colliding with a Toyota Sienna bus coming from Lagos.
It was gathered that all the eight passengers in the commercial Sienna bus, including the driver, identified as Sunday Efo, died instantly, while the driver of the lorry sustained serious injuries.
It was gathered that the Toyota Sienna bus, which left Ojota in Lagos, was going to Ikare-Akoko before the accident occurred at Ilaramokin, some kilometres to its destination.
The witness said residents of the area made frantic efforts to save the lives of the victims.
It was learnt that the corpses of the victims have been deposited at the morgue of a government hospital in the state.
Efforts to get the state Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps for his reaction proved abortive.
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