A taxi conveying four passengers was crushed by a trailer On Ibadan-Oyo expressway at about 12:15 pm today.
The trailer rammed into the taxi near a overhead bridge in Akinyele area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
An eye witnesses stated the accident was as a result of the trailer’s brake failure which made it impossible for the driver to avoid hitting the vehicle.
Both the corpses and two other occupants, who sustained varying degrees of injury, were taken to State Hospital, Adeoyo.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in Oyo State, Mr Seun Onijala, confirmed the incident.
He said a team of the the corps’ men in Akinyele had been dispatched to the scene as at press time.
Onijala assured that normalcy would be returned within hours, urging motorists not to panic about the traffic situation.