A truck laden with gas reportedly lost control and crushed three to death at Mokola Roundabout, Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday morning.
Four other people also got injured during the accident.
According to eyewitness report, vehicles and motorcycles were also damaged during the incident.
The fatal accident, according to the Executive Chairman of the Oyo State Road Transport Management (OYRTMA), Mogaji Akin Fagbemi said the accident occurred at 11:20am involving a gas tank (richbam) with registration number: MAP810YY, two Micra cars and four motorcycles.
Fagbemi noted the cause of the accident as brake failure.
He said: “Immediately the accident occurred, OYRTMA officials rescued three victims and were quickly rushed to UCH, while two people were removed from the trap of the truck and the corpses had been deposited at Adeoyo hospital.
“The rescue operations were done by OYRTMA in collaboration with the Nigeria Police, Road Safety, Civil Defence and Operation Burst.”
Meanwhile, the vehicles involved have been removed from the road and towed to Mokola police station for further investigation.