hehehehe...... A fatal road accident has left about ten people burnt beyond recognition after a fuel tanker collided with a bus in Lokoja.
Ten people were burnt beyond recognition while six others sustained
serious injuries when a petrol tanker went up in flames in Felele area
of Lokoja on Friday.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in
Kogi State, Segun Martins, who confirmed this to the News Agency of
Nigeria, NAN, in Lokoja, said most of the victims were passengers
travelling in an 18-seater commercial bus. Also affected were one
commercial tricycle operator, the driver and motor boy of the fuel
tanker.
He said the death toll might rise as some of those who sustained
injuries were in critical situation. Mr. Martins said the dead and
injured victims were moved to various hospitals in Lokoja.
Witnesses told NAN that the accident was due to a head-on collision
between the bus, coming from Abuja and the tanker coming from the
opposite direction. They said the impact of the collision ignited the
fire which spread to other vehicles while the entire area was covered by
smoke for many hours.
Men of the state Fire Service Department, who arrived the scene at
about 2:20 pm, could not really help due to lack of water in their
vehicles.
The accident led to disruption in vehicular movement on the
ever-busy Okene -Lokoja -Abuja Road but FRSC officials, police and
sympathisers were seen trying to open the road.
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