16 People Burnt To Death In Terrible Accident Along Ile-Ife-Ibadan Expressway

About sixteen persons were burnt to
death in a fatal accident involving a 18-
seater bus and a fuel tanker in Ife-Ife,
Osun State on Sunday, July 23.




The speeding passenger Totoya Hiase bus
heading to Ife from Ondo State, lost
control and collided with a diesel laden
tanker.



Three others sustained serious
injuries and were taken away for medical
attention.



The bus marked (LAGOS) MUS 702 XH
caught fire on the spot and trapped its
occupants, who reportedly made frantic
effort to escape to no avail.



Witnesses at the scene of the crash,
counted thirteen bodies of the victims,
including three children, lying on bare
floor infront of a filling station, the Energy
Petrol Station, apart from three already
evacuated by the medical team from the
Seventh Day Adventist for inmediate
attention.



Sympathizers attempted to assist the
victims before the arrival of the men Fire
Service at the scene.



Two eye witneses, Oladele Mutiu and
Gbenga Oluwole, who narrated the gory
scene, said axes were used to help out the
victims, who they said were pressed
down by heavy loads and used vehicles’
engines.