A family of five including father, mother and their three children have died in an auto crash at Oluwatuyi area on their way to their home at Ijo Mimo in Akure, the Ondo state capital.
Eyewitness account said the man was driving a taxi on high speed along the road which was still under construction when he crashed into one of the stationary tractors parked by the road side.
He said that the father was drunk as his body was smelling of alcohol when brought out from the crashed vehicle at about 10 pm.
The spokesperson for the state police command, Funmi Odunlami comfirmed the incident as well as the casualties involved, she also adds that their remains have been evacuated and deposited at the morgue of the state hospital in Akure.
