- Three other people sustained injuries in the crash which involved a white Mazda bus registered as KJA 949 YJ.
A fatal lone road accident on Tuesday in Ogun State claimed the lives of at least sixteen people.
The victims were reportedly burnt to death in the mishap which happened at at about 1:00pm at Buhari Estate along the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway.
Three other people sustained injuries in the crash which involved a white Mazda bus registered as KJA 949 YJ.
The Spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in a statement.
According to her, the accident was caused by a fire outbreak and a gas-induced explosion.
She said the gender of the victims could not be ascertained as they were “burnt beyond recognition.”
Okpe blamed the the crash on a fire outbreak in the vehicle, adding that the bus, which was conveying 21 passengers, also had a filled gas cylinder in it, leading to an explosion.
“A total of 21 people were involved in the crash. The genders of the victims couldn’t be ascertained at the scene because they were burnt beyond recognition.
“A total of 16 people were killed in the crash, three sustained various degrees of injuries, and two others remained unhurt.
“The suspected cause of the crash was a fire outbreak in the vehicle, which also had a filled gas cylinder in it, leading to the explosion,” she said.
Okpe said the injured victims were taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi Aba, Abeokuta, while the corpses are still at the scene waiting for evacuation.
The Sector Commander, Akinwumi Fasakin, while sympathising with the families of the deceased, warned that highly flammable items should be transported with care and by designated vehicles driven by trained drivers only.
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