Two LAUTECH Students, Driver Burnt To Death In Road Crash While Returning From Picnic

 Two students traveling in a bus conveying some final year students of Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, returning from a picnic, along Osogbo/Ifon/Oyo Boundary road, have lost their lives after been burnt to death in an accident Wednesday evening.

 Operatives of Osun Ambulance Scheme rescued five other occupants after responding to the distress call from the scene of the accident which happened near Ojutu Bridge, Ilobu.

A resident of Okinni, Mr Adeyanju, while speaking to PUNCH correspondent on Thursday, said the driver of the bus that conveyed the students had hit a commercial motorcyclist in the town, and was trying to escape the rage of some angry residents chasing after him when the unfortunate happened.

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“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 O’Ambulance Scheme came around to rescue some of the victims,” Adeyanju said.

The Head of Operations, Elizabeth Arowosafe, in an interview with PUNCH said the organisation received the distress call around 9:50pm on Wednesday that a bus conveying some final year students of LAUTECH, who were returning from a picnic was involved in the accident.

“We responded around 9:53pm. I was told the driver had hit someone in Okinni and was speeding to avoid some people around the area chasing after him, when the incident happened", she said.

“The driver alongside a lady and a male student were burnt to death. We were able to rescue 5 people. We rushed them to UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital in Osogbo. The hospital did well. In fact, there was no enough space to accommodate the injured people and we had to leave one of our stretchers for them to use.

“We could not recognise the dead victims. They were travelling inside a bus. I learnt that the occupants of the bus are final year students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, who went to Erin-Ijesa waterfall for an excursion.

“One of the injured students confirmed to us that they were coming from an excursion. She gave us names of victims, but she didn’t have the strength to name the others.”

The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Agnes Ogungbemi, said the accident happened after the driver violated the speed limit which led to loss of control.