The Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, SP Gbenga Fadeyi has confirmed that four people died while others sustained injuries in an auto-crash at Iwo road area of Ibadan, the State, capital.
He said men of the state police command were at the scene of the accident to sort things out as at the time of filing this report.
Also, the father of the two children was said to have arrived at the scene but remained speechless seeing the corpses of his children. It was gathered that the accident which involved a grandmother and her two grandchildren occurred at Boluwaji Garage, Iwo road-Challenge, Ibadan.
According to an eye witness, a fuel-laden truck veered off the road and ran into the people while the truck also crushed two other commercial vehicles.
Meanwhile, a young boy miraculously escaped the accident as he ran for cover when he saw the truck coming their way.