A mini bus otherwise called ‘Akoto’ killed three pupils of a private school on Friday.
This incident occurred on the day the primary and secondary school students vacated for Christmas and new year’s festivities across the state.
The incident occurred at about 2:30 pm at Ilokun area along the busy Ado-Iworoko road.
It was gathered that the pupils were killed by a vehicle, which was coming from Ekiti State University (EKSU) and ran into them when they were about crossing the ever-busy Ado-Iworoko- Ifaki highway.
Three of them were said to have been killed instantly, while others sustained injuries.
An eye-witness said the accident was caused as a result of recklessness on the part of the driver of the bus.
The source said: “The driver of the bus drove recklessly and ran into the pupils who were returning home from school.
“The dead and the injured were taken to Ekiti State University, Teaching Hospital. It was a sad incident as families of the deceased converged to weep profusely over the loss of the children”.