The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that 53 persons were
burnt to death in a multiple motor accident that occurred on Thursday
evening at Abudu town along Benin-Agbor-Onitsha express road. The
accident involved seven vehicles which includes; two hummer buses,
Toyota Sienna, One Dyna truck, a tanker carrying petrol a Ford bus and
one Toyota corolla car and a motor cycle. An eye witness said they
helplessly watched the victims burn to death as they couldn't do any
thing to save them due to the lack of fire service station in the local
government.
The FRSC Edo State Sector Command released a statement today, stating
that the cause of the was accident was a brake failure and that apart
from the 53 dead people who died, five more person sustained various
degrees of injuries and are currently receiving treatment in the
hospital.
Source: Nation News
