Two persons have been confirmed
dead and six others injured in a fire accident involving a petroleum tanker at
Bible College bus-stop along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
Federal Road Safety
Corps’ Assistant Corps Commander in Ota, Ganiyu Akeem, disclosed that 17
vehicles were also burnt in the accident that happened around 11:55pm on
Thursday.
He said the incident
happened when the tanker fell and spilled its content into a drainage by the
roadside.
He said the tanker
ignited the fire that burnt many vehicles.
An official of the
Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Adekunle Ajibade, revealed
that the fuel-laden truck was heading to Lagos from Sango-Ota when it developed
a gear fault and overturned in the process.
He said, “The driver
was trying to change the gear of the vehicle and lost control. “The truck
overturned and caught fire immediately.”
The FRSC commander
said that seven fire-fighting trucks, three from Ogun and four from Lagos, were
promptly mobilised to the scene.
