Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Accident Along Ondo/Ore Road Claims 18 Lives

18 people have been burnt to death in a road accident that occurred at Igushin Town on Ondo/Ore Road in Ondo State, late Tuesday.

According to an eye witness, the vehicle involved was an 18-passengers bus and a truck which reportedly had a head on collision causing the bus to somersault several times before catching fire, burning all the occupants.

It was gathered that the accident was caused as a result of overspending on the part of the drivers of the vehicles involved.

The vehicles involved were a white Mazda 18-passengers bus with registration number BWR 116 XC and a white Daf Truck with registration number : AAA757XN.

The Head of Operations of the State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Akin Adedipe said the deceased were 11 males, six females and one male child.

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