FOURTEEN passengers were burnt to death yesterday in an accident which occurred at Iwaraja junction, near Ilesa, Osun State.
Twelve others were injured.
Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Osun, Mr Sunday Maku, confirmed the casualty figures in a chat with reporters in Osogbo, the state capital.
Maku said the victims, including two drivers, were burnt beyond recognition when two buses collided and a fire started.
He said one of the buses was coming from Akure and going to Ibadan, while the other was moving in the opposite direction.
Maku said: "The accident involved a white Toyota Hiace bus, marked LG 27 GAR, with the inscription ‘Akoko Edo Line’, and a Volkswagen wagon painted in white and orange colour, with an unidentified registration number.
"Twelve adults, including eight men and four women, who were seriously injured, were taken to Wesley College Hospital in Ilesa."
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