At least 11 persons were yesterday confirmed dead in two separate accidents which occurred on the federal highway across the Ogun State corridors.
While one person died in the first accident that occurred 11 p.m Wednesday night along the Abeokuta-Sango Ota highway, 10 others were burnt beyond recognition when a truck conveying Premium Motor Spirit , popularly referred to as petrol exploded along the ever busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway yesterday.
Confirming the incident, the sector commander, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident to reporters in Abeokuta. Umar said that the accident occurred around Conoil in Araromi before Sagamu Interchange on the expressway. According to him, five vehicles were burnt in the raging inferno, saying the victims of the accidents were burnt beyond recognition.
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