Two persons have been confirmed dead and five others injured in an accident involving three vehicles on the Zion Pepe/Igbokoda Road, Okitipupa, Ondo State.
Police Divisional Traffic Officer,Olusegun Jegede said the vehicles were a Jeep and two saloon cars.
According to him, the Jeep was coming from Igbokoda when its tyres burst at high speed.
The vehicle lost control, ramming into a Toyota Camry coming from Zion Pepe in the opposite direction.
The police officer said the driver of the Jeep, who was unhurt, fled on seeing the magnitude of the accident and the number of casualties.
The Chief Medical Director of the State Specialist Hospital, Okitipupa, Richard Adesoji, said two of the victims were dead on arrival.
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