Three Persons Burnt to Death After Bus, Truck Collide in Kwara

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin Three persons were burnt to death yesterday when a passenger bus and a truck collided together along Okolowo Expressway in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.THISDAY checks revealed that the bus was said to be conveying day-old chicks while the truck was loaded with sack bags suspected to be sawdust. The development, it was gathered was said to have reportedly ignited a fire in the bus carrying three persons where all burnt to death. The accident was said to have occurred when the truck which was coming from the Shao direction, attempted to make a U-turn towards Okolowo and rammed into by a passenger bus travelling from Lagos towards the northern part of the country. An eyewitness told THISDAY that the impact triggered a fire that engulfed the vehicles, leaving three persons burnt beyond recognition. The eyewitness said officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) arrived at the scene to evacuate the remains of the victims. The Kwara State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Kabiru Babatunde Kazeem, confirmed the accident when contacted by THISDAY yesterday. He promised to provide further details before the filing of this report. All calls seeking updates on the incident proved futile.