Five persons have been killed after a fully loaded 45,000-litre diesel tanker crushed vehicles at Aduloju, along the Ojoo–Iwo Road expressway, in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Saturday.
The victims, comprising two males and three females, reportedly died on the spot. The accident involved the tanker, an unregistered car and four commercial vehicles popularly known as Micra cars.
An eyewitness, Sukurat Babajide, said one of the affected vehicles had overtaken the commercial vehicle she was travelling in less than five minutes before the crash.
“One of the affected vehicles just overtook our car not up to five minutes when the incident happened. I was in another commercial vehicle. It was just like watching movies. When we got to that spot, five people had already been laid on the ground. They were two males and three females,” she said.
Another eyewitness, Kemi Oguntoyinbo, said the crash involved the tanker, an unregistered car and four commercial Micra vehicles.
