By Amah
Kindly shar
Tears flowed ceaselessly as eight persons were burnt to death along the Benin-Auchi expressway, in Edo State .
The truck was heading towards Auchi from Benin City when it developed a brake failure, as it descended the Ewu hill and rammed into vehicles trapped in a traffic.
Cyril Mathew, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Edo State, who confirmed the tragedy said: “the accident involved four vehicles with two of them carry diesel and jet fuel.”
“Two of the victims died on Sunday, while four were rushed to the hospital.
“As at today Monday, one of the victims rushed to the hospital died. Five more corpses were recovered from the crash after the fire service had put out the inferno, bringing the total casualties to eight.”
