The incident, which occurred some metres away from the International Airport, Ilorin according to the Kwara State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Commission , Jonathan Owoade, was due to the reckless driving by one of the drivers.
Owoade said the accident occurred around 6:47am, though the report got to his office at 7:50 am with his men arriving the scene some 16 minutes later. No first aide could be administered at the scene, as the six survivors suffered varying degrees of burns and were rushed to Accident and Emergency Wing of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital for treatments. A survivor said the Hummer bus allegedly took off from Lagos heading to Sokoto State when the trailer fully loaded with bags of cement collided with it.