The truck was said to have been fully loaded with cattle and passengers and was on its way from one of the states in the North while the tanker was heading towards the opposite direction when the accident occurred.At least 14 passengers were Wednesday burnt beyond recognition while 14 others sustained varying degrees of injuries when a fully loaded tanker and a truck collided along Ogbomosho-Jebba Road.
Kwara State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mary Wakawa confirmed the accident.
She said: “One of the heavy duty vehicles veered off its lane and collided with the other. This was around 5am.
“Both vehicles went ou in flames, 13 died on the spot while one person died in the hospital. We rushed 14 injured passengers with severe burns to University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, (UITH). Already, with the support of the Kwara State Transport Management Agency,(KWTMA), we had evacuated the wreck.”
The FRSC boss used the occasion to caution road users in Nigeria against excessive speed, night driving and driving exhaustion.
She said the 13 charred bodies of the victims have been given mass burial and attributed the accident to exhaustion adding: “Our drivers should stop long driving over night. They need rest to avoid human errors on the roads.”http://newtelegraphonline.com/14-passengers-roasted-in-kwara-road-crash/
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