A Multiple road crash along Owo-Ikare road in Ondo State have claimed the lives of Two applicants sitting for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Examination.
According to Sources, the Crash was involving a White Volvo Tipper, an Orange Colored Nissan Almara and a White Peugeot J5 vehicle.
Eyewitnesses told Journalists that Two out of the Three Vehicles involved in the accident were coming from Offa in Kwara State when the Incident occurred.
The Volvo Tipper was said to have overtaken the peugeot J5 vehicle while trying to negotiate a bend on the road before ramming into the articulated Nissan Almara car conveying the applicants.
Confirming the Incident to our Correspondent, the Head of Operations of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ikare Akoko, Mr. Samuel Ibitoye disclosed that Two of the five applicants sitting for the Examination died instantly while the other three were badly Injured.
Ibitoye added that the injured victims were immediately rushed to the Ikare Specialist hospital and Iwaro General hospital respectively for treatment.
The Corpses of the two applicants have since been deposited at the hospital' morgue.
The Identity of the applicant could not be immediately ascertained as at press time.
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