LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The number of casualties in the road traffic accident involving some students of the Ladoke Akintola University, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, has risen from three to six.
It was gathered that three other students, who were survivors, had died in the hospital.
Three occupants, the driver, a female and a male student were earlier reported to have burnt to death after their bus lost control and somersaulted.
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The Osun Ambulance Service, O’Ambulance, had rescued six other occupants after responding to the distress call from the scene of the accident.
According to reports, the driver had hit a commercial motorcycle in Okinni and, in an attempt to evade capture and the anger of the residents, oversped and lost control of the vehicle.
“A few meters from Ojutu Bridge, the driver lost control of the vehicle, and the bus somersaulted and caught fire. Some people were rescued before the fire could spread, but three people were burnt to death. Operatives of the O’Ambulance Scheme came around to rescue some of the victims,” Rasaq, a resident of Okinni was quoted to have said.
Head of Operations, O’Ambulance, Elizabeth Arowosafe, also confirmed the incident, stating that three more victims of the accident had died.
“I just left UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital now. Three of those we took there survived. We have moved two others to UCH in Ibadan. One of them are still at UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital. The other three could not make it. We now have six corpses.”