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    Tragedy struck in Ile-Ife, Osun State, last Thursday, when a gas tanker collided with a commercial bus carrying 17 passengers, resulting in the death of five persons including a toddler. The incident occurred on the Ife-Ibadan express road.

    Adekunle Ibraheem, Head of Publicity and Public Enlightenment for the Osun Fire Service, confirmed that the bodies of two adult males, two adult females, and a toddler were recovered from the wreckage.

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    The accident occurred when the gas tanker, belonging to Gasland Limited, overran the commercial bus and crushed it, causing both vehicles to swerve off the road into a ditch. Emergency Responders, including the Osun Fire Service, FRSC Ile-Ife Zonal Command, and local residents, worked together to recover the bodies, which were then taken to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital morgue.

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