16 burnt to death as bus, truck collide on Ore-Benin Expressway

16 burnt to death as bus, truck collide on Ore-Benin Expressway


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No fewer than 16 people were burnt to death while three sustained injuries in a fatal road accident which occurred on the Ore-Benin Expressway at Ajure community in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday night.

Information indicates that the crash involved an 18-passenger Totota Hiace bus and a truck.

The two vehicles were said to have had a head-on collision leading to the bus catching fire and burning 16 of its occupants.

However, three people were said to have survived the crash.

According to PUNCH, the Ondo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Ibitoye Samuel, confirmed the incident on Wednesday.

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