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UPDATED: Panic as diesel tanker explodes at Otedola Bridge
Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, NEMA, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Farinloye said the accident which occured at 5.30p.m. involved a tanker, a haulage truck and a Toyota Camry 1999 model carrying six members of the same family.
He said the tanker was fully loaded with 44,000 litres of AGO (diesel) and was moving toward Berger axis of the expressway when one of its tyres suddenly burst into flames.
Farinloye said people in the immediate vicinity of the accident had called out to the driver of the tanker to stop, but he reportedly tried to reverse the vehicle instead of stopping, thereby colliding with the other vehicles.
Farinloye said the the driver of the haulage truck, the family of six and both the tanker driver and his assistant all escaped unhurt.
He, however, said that the section of the road where the accident occurred was cordoned off to allow emergency response agencies put out the fire. (NAN)
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