The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed one person dead and six others injured, while six vehicles were burnt down by a gas tanker explosion that occurred at Ita Osin along Abeokuta-Sango-Lagos Expressway in Ogun State on Saturday.
The FRSC’s Ogun State Sector Command spokesperson, Florence Okpe, who made this known in a statement said that the deceased was suspected to be the motorboy of the gas-laden tanker.
Okpe said the accident happened at about 4:10pm, adding that the gas tanker suffered brake failure, thereby losing control which made it hit the roadside culvert and went up in flames.
Following the explosion, the fire engulfed five other cars and two nearby shops.
The FRSC spokesperson said that “The crash occurred at about 1610 hrs Involving a tanker laden with gas. The number of people involved was 06 and all male adults, 02 got injured but unfortunately, 1 person died from the fire incident which is the motor boy who was trapped.
“A total of 05 vehicles were involved with registration numbers as follows, AAN544 YC NISSAN, GDB841XR MICRA, LSD993 CY NISSAN, T23771 LA SINO TRUCK, and a HONDA CRV with no registration number on it.
“The suspected cause of the crash was mechanical deficiency( brake failure ) and the vehicle crash on the road barricade then went into flames and other vehicles around / shops were burnt.
“The fire service was contacted immediately and the scene was conned also to avoid a secondary crash.
“The corpse was deposited at the State General Hospital morgue Abeokuta and the injured victims were taken by the family.
“The Ogun State Director of Fire Service, Fatai Adefala while confirming the incident said that the fire service men were still on the ground clearing the wreckage of the burnt tanker at the time of filing this report.”
