Multiple accidents were witnessed this morning along Ore-Benin Expressway.
The most fatal one was a bus that was gutted by fire with all the passengers inside.
The bus ran into an abandoned truck container on the highway.
As at the time of filing this report, security personnel were at the scene controlling traffic, while the smell of the burnt bodies filled the air.
Eyewitness account revealed that the abandoned container caused serious accident on the high way yesterday.
Also a car ran into a fallen truck along the expressway, destroying the car from half way but no casualties were recorded.
The other accident saw a car plunging into the canal beside the highway.
•Photo shows scene of an accident along the Ore-Benin Expressway.
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