Eyewitnesses attributed the accident on unsafe overtaking and excessive speed.

Confirming the incident, Osun FRSC Sector Public Education Officer, Agnes Ogungbemi, said N27.171, 400 was handed over to the relatives of the victims while the N21,900 belonging to the driver was handed over to the police in Ijebu-Ijesa.

“The accident involved 11 males and three females. Six males lost their lives, while seven others sustained severe injuries and only one person was unhurt. The injured victims were taken to Wesley hospital Ilesa while bodies were deposited at the same hospital morgue,” Ogunyemi stated.

“N21,900 that belongs to the driver who drove GBA440XA OPEL ZAFIRA was handed over to the Nigeria Police Ijebu Ijesa. The Nigerian Police towed the vehicles to their station,”

The sum of twenty seven million, one hundred and seventy one thousand, four hundred Naira (N27,171,400) only was recovered and handed over to the victims' family members," she added.

The money was given to the victims' family members in the presence of personnel from the Nigerian Air Force base Ipetu Ijesa, and NURTW members.