At least 52 folks have been killed in an explosion brought on by a head-on collision between a gasoline tanker and a truck on Sunday, the nation’s emergency response company stated.
The gasoline tanker was additionally carrying cattle within the Agaie space in north-central Niger state and at the very least 50 of them have been burned alive, Abdullahi Baba-Arab, director-general of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, stated.
Search and rescue operations have been underway on the scene of the accident, Baba-Arab stated.
Baba-Arab stated initially that 30 our bodies have been discovered however in a later assertion stated an extra 22 our bodies of victims who have been burned to dying within the collision have been discovered. He stated the lifeless had been given a mass burial.
Mohammed Bago, governor of Niger state, stated residents of the affected space ought to stay calm and requested highway customers to “always be cautious and abide by road traffic regulations to safeguard lives and property.”
With the absence of an environment friendly railway system to move cargo, deadly truck accidents are frequent alongside many of the main roads in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation.
In 2020 alone, there have been 1,531 gasoline tanker crashes leading to 535 fatalities and 1,142 accidents, based on Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps.
Source: www.dailysabah.com