At least 30 killed in road crash in Nigeria

ISTANBUL

At least 30 people were killed over the weekend in a devastating road crash in Nigeria’s Ondo State, local media reported.

The accident, which occurred Saturday on the Benin-Ore-Ijebu Ode Expressway in the Onipetesi community in the Odigbo Local Government Area, involved two commercial buses heading east, according to PM News Nigeria.

Eyewitnesses reported that the collision caused both vehicles to ignite, leaving many passengers burnt beyond recognition.

Both buses were fully loaded, and after the crash, 28 occupants died instantly while two others succumbed to severe injuries on the way to the hospital, the State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Samuel Ibitoye, said Sunday in a statement.

Two survivors are receiving treatment for their injuries.