Fifteen persons have been burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident on Eruwa-Lanlate Road in Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Joshua Adekanye, told newsmen that two vehicles were involved in the accident.
According to the FRSC boss, the two vehicles, a Toyota Sienna bus and Toyota Hiace bus, on Friday afternoon around 2.05pm, had a head-on collision at Maya junction along the road.
He said that all the 15 persons involved in the accident were burnt to death.
Linking the accident to speed violation in an attempt to avoid a pothole, he said all the fifteen persons involved in the accident were burnt to death.
He said: “Bodies of six of those killed were immediately recovered by their families while the remaining nine were deposited at General Hospital, Eruwa.”