By Boluwatife Adedokun
A tanker explosion that occurred today has claimed the lives of 12 people after they were burnt at the Sagamu interchange, along the Lagos Ibadan expressway in Ogun State.
The PUNCH reports that five vehicles were also burnt in the inferno.
The accident was confirmed by the Public Education Officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun Sector Command, Florence Okpe and Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi.
Akinbiyi in his statement explained that the victims of the accident were burnt beyond recognition.
He noted that the vehicles involved in the accident were a Mack truck with registration number: AKL 198 ZT, an iveco truck with ni registration number, a Mazda bus marked, FFE 361 XB, an unmarked How truck and the Mack tanker.
They all disclosed that the accident is as a result of excessive speed by the iveco truck.
Okpe said, “The driver of the Iveco truck which was traveling at the top speed lost control and rammed into the tanker which resulted in the fire outbreak due to leakage.
“The suspected cause of the multiple crashes was excessive speed which led to the loss of control on the part of the Iveco truck and smashed the tanker body which resulted in a fire outbreak due to leakage.
“The Mazda bus got engulfed in the spark of the fire.”
Speaking further, Okpe noted that the burnt bodies were taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.
“The Sector Commander FRSC Ogun Sector Command, Ahmed Umar has commiserated with the family of the victims after visiting the scene of the incident.
“He (Umar) also advised motorists to drive cautiously, obey traffic rules and regulations as well as consider each other while driving,” she said.
