Reports reaching our news desk say seven passengers were yesterday, burnt alive in a head-on collision involving an 18-Seater commercial bus and a petrol tanker.
Two vehicles were also destroyed due to the accident which occurred at Ajilete, near Idiroko border in Ogun State.
It was gathered that excessive speed and wrongful overtaking led to the head-on collision.
Eye witness said the commercial bus coming from Ajilete sloppy road suddenly lost control, bumped into an object and bust into flames.
The eye witness account told reporters that rescue team including operatives of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE and Police were on ground, but the accident rendered the Idiroko international road impassable and traffic at stand-still.
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