12 Passengers Burnt To Death In Edo Road Accident

No fewer than 12 passengers were burnt to death in a fatal road accident that occurred along the Benin-Auchi road in Edo State.

It was gathered that the unfortunate incident happened in the early hours of Saturday, at Igueoviobo community, very close to army checkpoint on the road.

Confirming the accident in a statement, Edo Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Cyril Mathew,  said that it involved a Toyota Hiace bus and a truck.

Mathew disclosed that the bus took off from Zuba, Federal Capital Territory heading towards Benin but collided with a truck heading towards Auchi, killing the whole occupants of the bus.

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He added that the occupants of the truck, the driver and his motor boy escaped unhurt.

The statement reads: “It happened on Saturday morning, there must have been fatigue from the driver coming from Abuja and the driver may have slept off and in the process had a collision with the truck.

“They were burnt and we were able to contact the deceased relations because we were able to get the vehicle manifest,”