A newly married man and four others reportedly died in an auto crash that occurred in Aponmu village in Akure South council area of Ondo State along Akure /Ondo highway.
The 18-seater bus marked Lagos AAA 859 XC in which they were travelling in from Lagos plunged into the Owena river, killing them instantly.
The spot of the crash is about ten kilometers to Akure, the state capital which was their destination before the crash.
Vanguard gathered that the newly wedded man, who travelled in the same bus with the wife identified as Adewale died before the rescue team of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) arrived the scene of the accident.
However, the wife was lucky as she only reportedly sustained injuries. The couple, it was learnt were at Ikoyi Registry on Saturday and were coming down to Akure for the traditional wedding scheduled for this weekend, Saturday before the ugly incident.
The driver of the bus according to report also died in the crash. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the driver lost control of the vehicle while on top speed while it was raining.