15 Die in Oyo Auto Crash

SADNESS punctuated the joy associated with a  new year as 15 persons died in a multiple auto crash on Ogbomoso-Oyo-Ibadan road yesterday.

The sad incident happened when an 18-seater passenger  bus  collided with a fuel tanker.

The bus was said to be coming from Ilorin and heading to Ogbomoso when it crashed at a sharp bend on Odo- Oba village about five kilometres to Ogbomoso.

According to an eye witness account, the collision resulted into explosion.

It was gathered that the commercial driver lost control of the bus and its passengers were flung out of the vehicle.

When the dust settled, only three persons reportedly survived out of the 18 passengers.

Men of the fire service, Nigeria Army and the National Emergency Management Authority {NEMA} were at the scene to help the victims.