About 18 people were burnt to death in a road accident that occurred on Ondo/Ore Expressway at Igushin town in Ondo West local government area of Ondo State on Tuesday evening.
According to an witness, the vehicles involved were an 18-passengers bus and a truck, which reportedly collided, causing the bus to somersault for several times, before catching fire, burning all the occupants .
Confirming the incident, the Head of Operation of the state Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Akin Akin Adedipe said the accident was caused as a result of overspeeding on the part of the drivers of the vehicles involved.
Adedipe, who stated that the accident specifically involved a white Mazda 18-passengers bus with registration number: BWR 116 XC and a white Daf Truck with registration number: AAA757XN, however, said one person survived the accident but was severely injured.
According to the FRSC Head of Operation, the deceased included 11 males, six females and one male child whose identity, according to him, were unknown as at the time of this report.
He said the deceased had been taken to the mortuary of the State Specialists Hospital in Ondo town.
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