60 Feared Dead In Edo Road Accident

TRAGEDY struck Friday as at least 60 persons reportedly died in an accident involving a trailer belonging to Dangote Industries, a petrol tanker and a luxury bus, around Ugbogui near Okada, in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State.

The accident was said to have happened around 1pm along the Benin-Sagamu-Lagos expressway.

It was gathered that the trailer had a burst tyre and rammed into the stationery tanker, and the luxury bus, which led to an explosion and fire, which gutted several other vehicles.

An official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), who spoke on condition of anonymity as he said he was not authorized to speak officially on it, said the trailer was coming from Lagos. He however did not say where the luxury bus, where 60 of the passengers died, was heading to or coming from.

“Three were rescued, and we estimate that over 60 persons died. Three others in the trailer died. As I speak, the whole place is blocked; fire fighters cannot even access the area.

“The whole place is still burning. The Dangote vehicle had flat tyre. It hit the petrol tanker, fell and hit the luxury bus.”