Twenty-Eight people were burnt to death on Saturday evening in a fatal accident involving two vehicles at Mile 49 on the Ore-Lagos Expressway located in Odigbo Local Government area of Ondo State
Penpushing reports the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Command Ondo State Samuel Ibitoye, disclosed that the accident was caused by speeding and traffic violations leading to a head-on collision between the two vehicles while 28 persons out of 30 passengers lost their lives tragically.
“It is unfortunate that 28 passengers were burnt beyond recognition in the fatal accident caused by speeding and traffic violations. The contract between the driver and passengers is to take them safely to their destinations, not to drive them to their graves’, he stated.
Penpushing further reports that Ibitoye, however, warned motorists against speeding and traffic violations to reduce road crashes and loss of lives and property, and equally advised them to always exercise patience on the highway.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) boss emphasized that the contract between the drivers and passengers was to safely deliver them to their destinations and equally urged passengers to partake in road safety by cautioning drivers always speeding and disobeying traffic rules.
Penpushing also reports that he advised passengers to report reckless and stubborn drivers to Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) personnel on the highway, as he appealed to drivers to always exercise patience on the highway in order to reduce crashes to safe lives and property.
Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report the deceased had been deposited at the General Hospital, Ore, while the two survivors who sustained a high degree of injuries were at the same hospital for treatment.
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