No less than 13 passengers were burnt to
death in a fatal accident near the Four-Corners Enugu at about 9 pm on Sunday.
The ill-fated 14-seater bus, which was said
to be travelling from Imo State to Adamawa, reportedly ran into a trailer
before going up in flames.
FACTUAL NAIJA NEWS gathered that all the
passengers save one, were said to have burnt beyond recognition in the
accident, which occurred at the Enugu end of the Enugu/Port Harcourt
expressway.
Only one passenger survived the auto crash,
with varying versions of how he escaped. Some said sympathizers rescued him;
others said he jumped out of the vehicle from the window.
The lone survivor, it was learnt, is
currently receiving treatment at the Emergency Unit of the University of
Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Ituku-Ozalla.