The Olodogbo of Odogbo, the Onibowula of Bowula and the Alayetoro of Ayetoro have died as a result of an automobile accident in Oyo State.

Olawoyin Adekunle, an eyewitness, confirmed the ghastly accident, which happened on Friday, when he spoke with The PUNCH on Saturday.

“The affected monarchs are Olodogbo of Odogbo, Onibowula of Bowula and Alayetoro of Ayetoro in Oriire Local Government,” Adekunle said.

“Six passengers were involved in the crash, but the three survivors are undergoing treatment at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital. The affected passengers were going for a social function at the nearby community when the accident occurred.”

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“It was a head-on collision involving a private and commercial vehicles on Ogbomoso-Oyo Expressway. The survivors are undergoing treatment at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, while the corpses of the victims have been deposited at the morgue of the same hospital,” Joshua Adekanye, the Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, revealed.

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The victims’ Benz E230 with number plate OLODOGBO suffered the collision with a Scania Truck with registration number 301 XF at Aje Iye, Oriire LGA.