VIDEO: Multiple Accident Claims Over 70 Lives On Benin-Ore Road Share This Tags An accident which occurred on Friday afternoon in Ugbogui, Edo state claimed the lives of over 70 persons according to eye witness accounts. However the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has claimed that only 32 lives were lost in the accident. A statement signed by FRSC’s Corps Public Education Officer, Jonas Agwu, claimed that an FRSC team was on hand to rescue three passengers while 30 others died from the luxury bus. “The tanker driver with his conductor, in addition to the Truck driver and his conductor were also confirmed dead. Two children were also consumed by the fire which spread to a nearby mechanic workshop, burning 8 additional vehicles resulting to a heavy traffic gridlock” the statement added. The tragedy occurred Friday afternoon when a diesel tanker and a trailer collided with a fully-loaded commercial luxury bus. Eye witness accounts say the bus which was travelling from Lagos caught fire and the only three passengers were seen trying to escape the inferno but there are fears that they may not have survived the fire.