Auto crash kills Pregnant woman, eight others in Kwara.
A private vehicle filled with petrol (PMS) Keg on Sunday morning was involved in a multiple auto crash with another alleged overspeeding commercial passenger bus, in Ilorin during which a pregnant woman and eight others were burnt to death.
One of the vehicles involved which carried kegs filled with petrol is ash colour Toyota Corolla car with vehicle registration number LRN 787 FE whose driver had no national drivers licence.
Metablog also gathered that a total number of 20 people including eight males and 12 females were said to have been involved in the crash, while the one male and eight females were reported dead.
It was also gathered that eight male persons, however, survived in the accident with burns and multiple injuries.
The private vehicle, said to be coming out of the airport, failed to wait for the oncoming passenger bus to pass, while the crash, said to have occured as a result of over-speeding.
It was gathered that the vehicles involved somersaulted and had tyre burst before they burst into flame.
The sector commander said that the injured persons had been taken to the state general hospital, Ilorin by passersby before his men arrived at the scene of the crash, adding that the deceased were taken to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) mortuary, Oke Oyi by the FRSC rescue and the patrol teams.
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