By Wilson Adekumola
At least 16 passengers have been reportedly burnt death in a vehicle accident in Osun.
It was gathered that the accident occurred after a private vehicle collided with Ibadan-bound commercial bus in Ode-Omu, Ayeedade Local Government Area of Osun State.
According to the reports, the incident occurred around 5pm on Friday at Ode-Omu area of the State.
It was said that after the collision, the bus driver lost control of the wheel, causing the vehicle to diverge from the road before summesaulting.
According to an eyewitness, Sogo, said, “After the commercial vehicle summersaulted, a gas cylinder at the back of the vehicle exploded and razed the bus with passengers in it.”
While evacuating the victims with officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and police, former NURTW Chairman, Alhaji Kareem Isau in Ode-Omu branch, revealed that 16 passengers, including were burnt to death
“Four people escaped death including a corps member and a security operative. Those that were inside the bus according to one of the people that escaped death said they boarded the bus at Aregbe motor park.
“The victim said a nursing mother was in the vehicles including five children. When we were evacuating the passengers that were burnt to death in the presence of police and road safety, we counted 16 of them.”
The spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps Osun Command, Agnes Ogungbemi could not document the numbers of the victims, however he said that a gas cylinder explosion was responsible for the fire after the accident.
“No detail for now because we have not been able to ascertain the dead but the injured have been taken to Ise Oluwa Medical Center Odeomu. One of the vehicles carried gas ,it exploded and caused the fire out break,” he said.
