No fewer than seven persons were burnt to death, while 14 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident around OPIC on the Lagos-Ibadan
Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta.The FRSC spokesperson said that the accident was caused by excessive speeding and brake failure, which led to a loss of control, saying that the vehicle hit the road divider, somersaulted and went up in flames.
Okpe added that 14 people were injured – four men, five women, two male children and three female children. “The vehicle involved in the accident had the registration number BDG 993 YG, a Mazda bus,” she said.
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