Two persons were feared dead and one other seriously injured in a road accident involving a car and a motorcyclist (Okada) in Ikoya Okitipupa Local Government area of Ondo State on Thursday evening.
The tragic incident, according to eyewitness involved a grey Nissan Primera Saloon car with the registration number, LAGOS CY693KJA and an unregistered Qlink Motorbike.
He said, “The okada man struggled to regain control of the motorcycle before he veered off his lane and smashed into the car on the way to Ikoya on the opposite lane.”
The eyewitness added that the okada man died on the spot while a female passenger and the driver of the car sustained various degrees of injuries.
Confirming the incident, Mr Titilola Lasisi, Okitipupa, a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) disclosed that the female passenger later died at the State Specialist Hospital, Okitipupa, while the car driver was receiving treatment at same hospital.
The police boss added that the corpse of the victims had been deposited at the hospital’s morgue.
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