One person has been reported dead and four injured in a vehicle accident along Osogbo-Ikirun road on Saturday.

 It was gathered that the Mercedes Benz C-Class vehicle somersaulted after it hits the road median on high speed leading to the instant death of the driver.

The car, with registration number KRD 809 GK, according to an eye witness, Habib Ajani, had five occupants at the time of the incident around 4:20 pm as four-person sustained various degrees of injury.

The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Osun State Sector, Agnes Ogungbemi confirming the incident said the accident occurred as a result of over speeding.

She said one person died on the sport, while four others sustained various degrees of injury and were taken to LAUTECH Teaching Hospital in Osogbo, while the deceased body was deposited at the hospital morgue.

“It was a lone accident, the vehicle lost control due to over speeding and collide with the median on the road. One of the occupants died on the spot while four others sustained various degrees of injury,” she said.