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No fewer than 20 persons, including a pregnant woman, escaped death by a whisker on Wednesday after a petrol-laden tanker rammed into five vehicles on the Otedola Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Lagos State.

Eyewitnesses said the petrol tanker rammed into the five vehicles which were held in a traffic caused by a long queue for fuel.

The vehicles involved in the crash were a 14-seater Volkswagen bus and four other cars.
A witness, Moses Emmanuel, who said his car narrowly escaped, said but for hawkers of sachet water and other dairy products on the expressway, who raised the alarm, the impact of the crash would have been more devastating.

He said the driver of the tanker fled the scene immediately the incident happened.
One of the victims, Samson Rufus, who claimed to be heading for Abeokuta, said he was in the traffic when he heard the hawkers shouting, ‘fire, fire, run’.
“I was confused and could not run to anywhere. All I heard was a big bang on my vehicle. A pregnant woman, who was sitting at the back, was critically injured,” he said.
Another victim, Olatubosun Fayemi, said he jumped out of his crushed vehicle and ran away.

An official of the Federal Road Safety  Corps at the scene blamed the crash on brake failure, adding that the injured had been moved to a hospital for medical attention.
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Dolapo Badmos, said, “Three people got injured and were taken to the Lagos emergency unit at the tollgate area. The accident was caused by a fuel tanker with number plate, KMC 311 ZV.”

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Posted: at 7-04-2016 06:43 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

thank God no life lost, all dis tanker drivers need to get dre brain checked cos na were plenty pass inside them.

Posted: at 7-04-2016 07:20 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Thank God,No life was lost,Buhari???

Posted: at 7-04-2016 07:34 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

Thank goodness for safety

Posted: at 7-04-2016 07:50 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

thank God

Posted: at 7-04-2016 08:54 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

thank God no body died

Posted: at 7-04-2016 08:54 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

thank God no life lost, all dis tanker drivers need to get dre brain checked cos na were plenty pass inside them.

exactly tanker drivers and drivers of other articulated vehicles are very reckless

Posted: at 7-04-2016 08:57 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

Na one of those things

Posted: at 7-04-2016 09:21 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Thank God ooooo!

Posted: at 7-04-2016 09:40 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

omor thank God o

Posted: at 7-04-2016 10:19 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

Thank God,No life was lost,Buhari???

abi o

Posted: at 7-04-2016 10:20 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

thank God no body died

abi

Posted: at 7-04-2016 10:22 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

na wa ooooooooooooooooo

Posted: at 7-04-2016 10:55 AM (8 years ago) | Grande Master

Okay... So if the DRIVER of that TANKER ran away from the SCENE, who then informed FRSC that the accident was as a result of BRAKE FAILURE?

Posted: at 7-04-2016 11:11 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

ONE OF THE MAIN REASON WHY PPL SHOULD be careful, be very very careful, CAREFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.............

Posted: at 7-04-2016 12:05 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Hmmmm

Posted: at 7-04-2016 12:58 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

...lyf goes on

Posted: at 7-04-2016 01:09 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Tnk God

Posted: at 7-04-2016 02:18 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming

Tank God

Posted: at 8-04-2016 08:19 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

They should thank their stars

Posted: at 9-04-2016 10:40 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

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