Fourteen folks have misplaced their lives whereas 13 others sustained various levels of damage in an accident at Aloma neighborhood in Ofu Native Authorities Space of Kogi State.
The accident which occurred on Sunday concerned a Toyota Sienna bus heading towards Abuja from Port Harcourt and a Toyota Hiace bus heading to the Southern a part of the nation.
Eyewitnesses mentioned the accident occurred when two industrial Toyota buses had a head-on collision.
The eyewitness mentioned, “The 13 individuals together with the motive force of the Hiace Bus have been fully roasted by the hearth that engulfed it instantly after the head-on coalition with the Sienna bus.
“However one out of the 4 surviving individuals within the bus died in hospital from the burns suffered bringing the quantity to 14 that died.”
He added that not one of the 10 occupants of the Sienna Bus died however was badly wounded and receiving therapy within the hospital.
He famous that the injured victims have been promptly rescued by the villagers who rapidly got here to the scene of the accident.
“It’s due to their well timed intervention that the Sienna bus didn’t get burnt as properly, ” he mentioned.
He blamed the accident on overspeeding and potholes alongside a bend near Authorities Science Secondary College, Aloma.
He mentioned it took rescuers 3 hours to take away the motive force of the Sienna bus, whose two legs have been reportedly badly broken.
Contacted, the Sector Commander, FRSC, Samuel Oyediji confirmed the incident however mentioned he was but to get particulars.
“I’m but to be briefed by the unit commander in that axis of the true image of the accident, ” he mentioned.
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