The accidents occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and Igboora-Iseyin Road in Agungu in Ibadan North-East Local Government Area of the state.
Mr. Sanya Adeoye, the Oluyole Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who spoke with journalists, said the accident along the Ibadan-Lagos Expressway occurred at kilometre 18 and involved two vehicles – a Toyota Highlander Sport Utility Vehicle marked LJ 39 KJA and a Toyota Camry car marked APP 36 KAA.
According to Adeoye, eight people were involved in the accident, with six injured.
The Toyota Highlander, he added, had a burst tyre, lost control and rammed into the Toyota Camry car.
Also, the FRSC, Apata Unit Commander, Mathew Cyril Zango, who confirmed the Igboora-Iseyin Road accident, said yesterday that five people died while 10 were injured.
Zango said the accident, which occurred at Maya Village, about 26 kilometres from Igboora, involved two vehicles – a Mitsubishi station wagon with registration number SV 119 KJA and a Peugeot 504 with registration number AJ 613 GWA (Abuja).
Fifteen people, according to him, were involved.
They were made up of 13 male and two female.
No fewer than 10 people, including nine male and one female were seriously injured.
Zango attributed the accidents to overspeeding and reckless driving, adding that the drivers of the vehicles died on the spot.
FRSC officials, according to him, were at the scene of the incident for rescue operation, adding that those injured were rushed to Iseyin General Hospital.
The families of those who died had taken the bodies of their relatives.
The acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Oyo State, Daniel Oboyi, confirmed that two policemen were among the dead, while another one was on danger list.
Oboyi was, however, silent on how the accident occurred.(sunnews)
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