As black Monday as five persons were crushed to death by a petrol tanker at Celica area on new Ife-Ibadan road, Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The tanker lost control, rammed into a Micra car and plunged into a nearby ditch with the Micra car.
According to Mrs Uche Chukwurah, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in the state, who confirmed the incident, described the accident as fatal, resulting in the death of five persons, three male and two female adults.
She explained that the accident involved two vehicles which included a fully loaded petroleum tanker and a Micra taxi car.
The sector commander explained that the tanker had a brake failure, lost control and rammed into the Micra car leading to the death of all passengers in the Micra car.
“The whole people inside the Micra car crashed to death and nobody was rescued alive.
