A truck and commercial bus have been involved in an auto crash in the early hours of Tuesday at Emure in Owo, Ondo state, the accident has claimed five lives and eight injured.
An eye witness account attributed the crash to over speeding and wrongful overtaking.
Spokesperson of the FRSC in the state, Tola Ogunbanwo confirmed that five persons lost their lives in the accident, with another eight persons sustained multiple injuries in the crash.
She said that while the deceased persons have been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre FMC in Owo.