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The accident, which occurred at about 7.45p.m., was attributed to break failure by a truck with registration number Kaduna: XA173KG.
According to an eyewitness account, the truck was said to have lost control and rammed into three vehicles, killing all the occupants while other road users and pedestrians including beggars were affected.
Vehicles affected were a Honda car with registration number MC 942EKY, Honda Odyssey bus marked Ben 346 AS and a Toyota Sienna car marked AAA 568AZ and four unregistered motorbikes.
At the time of filing this report, men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Auchi command were on ground on rescue mission conveying the dead bodies of the victims to an undisclosed morgue while the injured were being rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.