No fewer than 13 police recruits were burnt to death while six others were critically injured in an auto accident on Sunday in Omu-Aran, Kwara State. The newly posted recruits were said to be on their way to Nassarawa State when the accident occurred at about 10 a.m. Most of the occupants of the bus, which took off from Ilorin, were said to be of Kwara origin and had just finished their police training.
They were said to be on an exchange posting to Nassarawa State. According to a witness, the car was heading toward Omu-Aran before it had a head-on collision with the bus close to the Federal Government College. The driver of the car, who was critically injured, had lost grip of the steering wheel and rammed into the bus.“The car was speeding. The 13 corpses, which were burnt beyond recognition, had been deposited at the morgue by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps.
Those who sustained injuries were taken to the Omu-Aran General Hospital for treatment.
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