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Tanker Driver Dies In Ogun Auto Crash.

Damilola A.
By Damilola A.
Published: October 17, 2015
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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ota, Ogun, said one person died, while six others sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving a petrol tanker and four vehicles at Owode Junction on Saturday.

The Unit Commander of FRSC, Mr Leye Adegboyega, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota that the accident occurred around 5.30a.m due to the carelessness of the tanker driver.

According to him, a loaded petrol tanker coming from Lagos and heading to Abeokuta lost control and ram into four vehicles which catch fire immediately.

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He said that the fire from the tanker spread to the neighbouring houses and property worth million of naira was lost in the inferno.

Adegboyega said that the driver of the tanker, whose name was Wale Olaitan, lost his life while six others including four male and two female sustained various degrees of injuries.

”The corpse of the victim had been deposited at the mortuary, Ifo General hospital, Ogun, while others victims were referred to Federal Medical Centre, Idl-Aba, Abeokuta, for an intensive treatment, ‘’ he said.

He appealed to the Federal, Lagos and Ogun state governments to overhaul the Owode road to prevent re-occurrence of such incident in order to save lives and property.

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