Two passenger buses were said to have collided and caught fire at a quarry site at Km 96, on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway today, Saturday, killing the passengers in the two buses, except a baby who was said to have been thrown out through the window by his father
An eyewitness told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the two 18-seater buses had a head-on collision and the buses caught fire immediately.
“All the passengers in the two buses were burnt beyond recognition. Only a baby escaped death because the father of the child threw him out through the window of the bus,” the witness was quoted as saying.
The Oyo state sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Yusuf Salami, confirmed the accident and said that he was yet to be briefed on the casualty figures.
He confirmed that the accident involved two 18-seater buses.
NAN. [myad]
