The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun Sector Command, says three people lost their lives, while 20 others sustained injuries in an accident that occurred on Saturday at Tonkere town, on Ife-Ilesa expressway.

The state sector commander, Mr Sunday Adebayo, who made this known in a statement in Osogbo, said the accident involved a Toyota Hiace bus and a Volkswagen Golf car.

Adebayo said that preliminary findings indicated that speeding and dangerous driving contributed to the accident.

He explained that the accident involved 23 people comprising 11 females, nine males and three children – two boys and a girl.

The sector commander disclosed that the deceased comprised two females and one male.