The incident happened directly in front of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation.
Eyewitnesses said the incident was caused by some officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, who were checking documents of motorists on the road.
The source said that the FRSC officers stopped the driver of the vehicle in the middle of the road and were checking its documents when an oncoming trailer, which apparently lost control, rammed into the vehicle.
The Toyota Corolla with registration number Lagos BBG 247 AU was being moved away from the major road when our correspondent visited the scene.
Some hoodlums were said to have mobilised to the FRSC office along the road and vandalised their vehicle.
It took the effort of policemen from Ijapo Police Station to bring the situation under control.
The development caused a heavy traffic on the road.
The FRSC officers were said to have quickly fled the scene when they noticed that a mob was approaching them.
The Head of Operations, FRSC, Ondo State Command, Mr. Sunday Ajayi, said none of the occupants of the affected vehicles died.
He also said his men, who were on normal mobile court exercise when the incident happened, were not responsible for the crash.
Ajayi said two of the injured persons were recuperating at the Jojein Hospital in the Oke Ijebu area of Akure while the two others were receiving treatment at the General Hospital, Akure.
He added, “The attention of our officers, who were on mobile court exercise, was called to the accident and they immediately rushed to the scene.
“However, just as they were trying to rescue the victims, some people mobilised to the scene and started vandalising our vehicles.
“The mob stormed the scene, thinking that we caused the accident but the situation is calm now because security men were invited to maintain the peace,” he added.
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