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Death toll rises to 16 in Ondo market crash

Following an accident in which 16 people were killed in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government of Ondo State on Saturday, a mob on Sunday set ablaze the truck involved in the accident.“The youth could not take the degree of the damages that the accident caused. Many people have been ruined forever,” Lekan Alabi, one of the residents said to this newspaper.reported that a truck loaded with rice ploughed into a market on Saturday evening after suffering a brake failure.

The truck was coming from the Ikare-Akoko axis when it rammed into the market. The police spokesperson in the state earlier confirmed the death of 10 persons toThe Corps spokesperson, Bisi Kazeem, also urged local governments in the country to relocate markets from the highways, to help the FRSC in enhancing road safety.

Explaining how Saturday incident occurred, he said “the crash occurred at about 6.30 p.m. on Saturday 31 October, 2020, when a DAF Truck loaded with bags of rice rammed into the stalls in the market and crashed into a Toyota Camry saloon car, Toyota Corolla and 3 other motorcycles.” “The fatal crash involved a total of 23 people comprising 11 male adults, 3 male children, 7 female adults and 2 female children. Out of the 23 people involved, a total of 7 people comprising 3 male adults, 3 female adults and 1 male child were rescued with different degrees of injuries and taken to the hospital.”

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UPDATE: 16 Dead, Seven Injured After Truck Lost Control, Rammed Into Market In Ondo | Sahara ReportersCorps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi, stated this on Sunday while lamenting the huge loss of lives and damage to properties caused by the accident. Oh my God what's this again First day of the month ffs!! Rip to them This happened Akungba Akoko, at the popular market square beside the main road....it was a disaster
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