19 PASSENGERS BURN TO DEATH IN ONDO AUTO CRASH

The police spokesman explained that  the lorry had a head-on collision with the bus while trying to avoid a pothole on the road, after which the bus went up in flames which consumed the passengers.

Hear him,“Today being June 8, at about 0330 hours, immediately after airport junction at Oba-Ile in Akure, there occurred a head-on coalition between a lorry with registration No. GG 873 XM Lagos and an 18 passenger-seater bus with registration No. YLA 25 XU Adamawa.

“The 18 people burnt without a survivor, while the lorry driver and the motor boy ran away to unknown destination. The cause of the accident was as a result of the lorry dodging a pothole when it swerved and had a collision with the bus going to Abuja while coming from Owo.

Penpushing further reports that the Command Public Relations Officer, said efforts to trace the fleeing Driver of the lorry is ongoing,”.