No fewer than 11 people were yesterday burnt to death in an auto crash
which occurred at the Macmillan area, few metres before Soka bus stop on
Ibadan/Lagos Expressway.
It was learnt that the commercial bus was coming from Ogido in Ogun State and
heading to Beere in Ibadan to attend a Wolimat programme of a family member
with most of the victims dressed in a uniform made of Ankara for the occasion.
According to an eyewitness, the propeller of the bus pulled out and hit the
fuel tank, igniting a fire in the process.
The driver of the bus in an attempt to save
situation veered off the road and hit a heap of sand by the side of the road
which immediately halted the bus , but while the driver of the bus and the two
passengers in the front escaped, others were not so lucky as the side door of
the bus was locked. The occupants were reported to have impeded one another in
their panic to get out and this caused the high casualty figure.
Of the 11 that died, three were children, while 13
others who sustained various degrees of burns, including the driver, were taken
to the Adeoyo Hospital and UCH, Ibadan.
The Assistant Corps Commander and Unit Commander
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oluyole Ibadan/Lagos toll gate, Mr Adeoye
Sanya, confirmed the incident, saying that “the FRSC was informed of the
accident around 1pm that an Ibadan-bound bus from Lagos was involved in an
accident.
“However, I can confirm to you that the bus was
badly loaded and from the report of the victims -both survivals and the dead-
13 were injured and 11 were burnt to death; the claim can be established. The
driver is among the four male victims taken to the Adeoyo Hospital while nine
others – seven adults and two children - were taken to the University College
Hospital (UCH).”
Sanya said after being informed of the development,
the FRSC quickly deployed its officials to evacuate some of the victims to the
hospitals.
The remains of the 11 victims were taken away in
sacks by the men of the FRSC in two vans with registration number FRSC 522 RS
and FRSC 525 RS.
Meanwhile, a middle-aged man who was among
onlookers at the scene collapsed when men of the FRSC were pulling out the
scarred bodies from the bus. It took the intervention of some of his colleagues
who poured water on his face to revive him.
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