The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that, at least, 10 passengers were burnt to death at Oyo-Ogbomoso road on Thursday.
The passengers, involved in a head-on collision involving a Mazda and a Toyota Hiace passenger buses, were burnt beyond recognition.
The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Joshua Adekanye, said the incident occurred at about 5.30 a.m around Kilometres 12 Ijawaya on Oyo-Ogbomoso road.
He said that the buses with registration numbers LEM 963 XA and NSR 222 ZS were coming from Lagos and Nasarawa states respectively.
Adekanye said that the vehicles went on flame immediately resulting to the burning of the occupants.
He attributed the cause of the accident to speeding and overloading.
He called on motorists to always shun night travelling, speeding and overloading, adding that the fatality would have reduced if the drivers were not on night journey.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls that the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), had inspected the 52 kilometres Oyo–Ogbomoso dual carriageway.
On the Oyo – Ogbomoso Road, the minister said the project was now fully supported by the NNPC Tax Credit, attributing this to the progress being recorded on the project.
Fashola further disclosed that the government was planning to go back to the old road and rehabilitate it for the use of people of Ogbomoso and Oyo, after the completion of the new road.