Barely two weeks after the Tanker Explosion Killed 100 folks at Dikko Junction, Niger state, one other Tanker accident occurred within the Agaie native authorities space of the state.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the lone tanker was fully gutted by fireplace, however two accidents have been recorded, and no life was misplaced as a result of accident.
It was learnt that the accident occurred between Lapai and Agaie Highway instantly after the bridge separating the 2 cities.
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An eyewitness account revealed that the driving force and the conductor sustained minor accidents because the Highway customers and Residents of the villages alongside the scene of the accident stayed off the realm for his or her security.
Confirming this, the State command‘s Police Public Relations Officer PPRO Wasiu Abiodun stated, “There was a lone gas tanker accident with fireplace explosion alongside Agaie/Lapai street. The gas tanker, with Reg.
No. DKA 03 A was pushed by one Shamsudeen Dayabu of Matazun LGA of Katsina State on transit from Lagos to Kaduna and loaded with about forty thousand litres of PMS.“
“On reaching the Kusogbogi space of Agaie, the tanker misplaced management as a result of a busted entrance tyre and fell by the street into the drainage. In consequence, the tanker caught fireplace, which affected the driving force on the leg, and the motor boy was additionally affected.“
He stated they have been taken to a close-by hospital, saying, „No life was misplaced throughout the incident because the street was quickly closed, however normalcy was later restored for street customers.“
