Tanker explosion claims 10 lives on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Written by City Radio on October 20, 2022
No fewer than 10 people were burnt to death in a tanker explosion at Araromi on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday morning.
Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta.
Umar said that the accident occurred around Conoil in Araromi before Sagamu Interchange on the expressway.
According to him, five vehicles were burnt in the raging inferno.
He said that victims of the accidents were burnt beyond recognition.
According to him, the vehicles involved in the accident are: a Mack truck marked AKL 198 ZT; an Iveco truck with no registration number; a Mazda bus marked FFE 361 XB, an unmarked Howo truck and the Mack tanker.
He attributed the cause of the accident to speeding by driver of the Iveco truck.
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