No fewer than 53 persons have been confirmed killed in a multiple road accident in Edo state, Nigeria’s South South.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Friday that accident took place at Abudu town in Benin-Agbor-Onitsha express road on Thursday evening.
FRSC said that the accident involved eight vehicles, and one motorcycle.
Other vehicles are two commercial Toyota hummer buses, one Dyna truck, one tanker carrying petrol, one ford bus and one Toyota Corolla.
The FRSC officials and other road users watched helplessly as the victims burnt to death.
There was no fire service station at Abudu town, headquarters of Orhiomwon local government area.
A statement released by the FRSC Edo State Sector Command on Friday morning said five other persons sustained injuries and have been taken to the hospital.
The statement said everyone in the two hummer buses, Toyota sienna, and corolla car burnt to ashes.
It attributed the cause of the accident to brake failure, which led to explosion from the tanker.
The statement said Health officers from the local government authorities have been invited to take charge of mass burial for the victims.
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