March 04, (THEWILL) – No fewer than 16 persons were on Tuesday, burnt beyond recognition in a lone auto crash that occurred along Buhari Estate on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway of Ogun State.
Three persons also sustained varying degrees of injuries from the accident.
The crash involved a White Mazda bus with registration number KJA949YJ.
The Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun State, Florence Okpe, confirmed this to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday.
Okpe said that a total number of 21 occupants were involved in the crash, 16 persons died and burnt beyond recognition while three sustained injuries, two were unhurt.
She said that the injured persons had been taken to Federal Medical Centre, Idi Aba, Abeokuta while the corpses are still at the scene waiting for evacuation.
The Chief Route Commander said the cause of accident was a fire outbreak from a filled gas cylinder kept in the vehicle which led to the explosion.
The Sector Commander, Ogun State Command, CC Akinwumi Fasakin, on hearing the incident, immediately moved to the scene with his team of rescue operations.
Fasakin expressed sorrow at the incident, saying that cause of the accident was as a result of the carelessness of the driver who could have objected to the carrying of gas cylinder.
He noted that highly flammable items should be transported with care and by designated vehicles driven by trained drivers only.
He, therefore, sympathised with the family of the deceased and pray God comforts them.
