AKURE—AT least 28 persons, some of whom were school pupils, died in a road crash in Ondo State and a fire accident in Delta State, weekend.
Twenty-five lives were lost in the road crash involving a luxurious bus and a trailer on the Owo-Benin road while 36 others were injured.
Three persons were burnt alive in the fire incident in Asaba, in the early hours of yesterday.
The driver of the luxurious bus was said to be sleeping before the crash occurred just outside Ogbese in Akure North Local Government Area of the state. Vanguard gathered that the bus was on its way to Lagos from Kano. It rammed into the trailer loaded with cement. The corpses of the deceased have been deposited at the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owo while those injured are are now receiving treatment in different hospitals.
Speaking with Vanguard, the sector commander of the FRSC, Mr Hassan Ahmed, confirmed that the driver of the bus was sleeping and that by the time he regained his consciousness he swerved, crossed its lane and rammed into the trailer. All the occupants of the trailer died on the spot. Mr. Ahmed said 15 passengers in the bus died on the spot.
The scene of the accident was littered by bags, charred bodies and blood. The wreckage of the bus was still at the scene while some men kept vigil over the belongings of the occupants of the bus.
It was further learnt that some people who were travelling home died in the incident.
3 die in Asaba fire
Meanwhile, three persons were roasted to death in Asaba in the early hours of yesterday in an outbreak of fire which razed a block of stores including a cold room close to the popular Ogbeogonogo market. Apart from the three casualties burnt beyond recognition, property worth thousands of naira were also destroyed.
The news of the fire incident shook the town as traders at the market raced to the scene only to find out that it was not Ogbeogonogo market per se but a shopping mall adjacent the market.
Eye witness told Vanguard that “all we saw was fire all over the place and we started to shout but unfortunately the three persons burnt were sleeping in a room behind the cold room They were the manager of the cold room and two other boys I think they are apprentices.”
Meanwhile, the police has removed the charred bodies of the victims to the hospital, while some traders who lost their wares to the midnight fire were seen wailing. It was also gathered that the men of the state fire service arrived the scene late as much had taken place before their arrival. They, however, assisted in preventing the fire from spreading further.
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