The luxury bus in flames afre colliding with the truck
By Our Reporter
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, has said 11 people lost their lives in a road accident involving a luxury bus, popularly called Marco Polo and a truck in Ore, Ondo State, on Sunday morning.
The agency said no one was injured in the accident, adding that the fire had been extinguished.
The statement reads: “Following a trailer that drove against traffic early this morning at about 0600hrs and collided with a Marcopollo Bus leading to a fire outbreak burning 11 passengers of the Maccopollo Bus.
“This has led to traffic jams. The public are aggrieved following the fuel situation, and wrong comments about security agencies, our personnel on ground wore mufti for security purpose.
“The fire has been extinguished, traffic is being controlled on the Benin/Lagos Lane, traffic is gradually moving while efforts are on to clear the obstruction on Lagos/Benin lane. Efforts are on top gear with other security agencies to remove crashed vehicles from the road.”
