Pregnant woman, others die in auto-crash

In continuation of a string auto-crashes across the nation last week, no fewer than nine persons died yesterday in an another accident in Ilorin, Kwara.

The victims included an expectant woman, and eight other all burn to death in the tragedy.

Eight persons, all men, sustained various degrees of burns during, it was learnt

The accident happened Sunday around  8am opposite Ilorin International Airport along Ilorin-Ogbomosho Highway.

Twenty persons were said to be on board a Toyota Corolla car and another Toyota Hiace commercial bus that collided

The state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Jonathan Owoade confirmed the incident, attributing it to  speeding.

“A car coming out of the airport ran across the road, thinking it could have crossed the road before the bus got to it. Incidentally, it was said that it was carrying fuel,” he said.

Passers-by helped to ferry the injured to the state General Hospital, Ilorin.

The FRSC patrol team had deposited the bodies of the dead at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) mortuary.

A similar incident happened along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, another in Ondo, and one more in Bauchi last week.