25 people have just lost their lives in a fatal accident that occurred Kogi State involving a tanker conveying fuel and an eighteen seater bus coming from the North.
According to Daily Post, the accident which occurred between Fefele-Okene Abuja Road at about 1:30pm Friday saw residents running for their lives.
When Daily post reporter visited the scene at exactly 2:05pm, officers of the Fire Service were yet to arrive at the scene.
But when they later came at about 2:20pm to salvage the situation, they could only help for a few minutes as their water got finished while fighting the ranging fire.
It was also reported that 18 unidentified bodies were seen lifeless on the ground,equally consumed in the inferno were about 10 cars parked by the road side.
Sympathizers watch helplessly and blamed the bad nature of the road.
An eyewitness, Bawasa Ibrahim narrated that the tanker and the 18seater bus were trying overtake each other but unfortunately the trailer fell on the bus.
Ibrahim said,
” The tanker and the eighteen seater bus were trying to overtake each other. But unfortunately, the tanker lost balance and it fell on the bus.“We have been complaining to the government to fix this road. Now you can see how many lives that have been lost. No fewer than 25 burnt bodies can be seen here.” Ibrahim added.
Another eye witness identified as Haruna Sadiq sympathizes with the deceased’s families and also blaming the fire service for not coming on time.
He said,
” I am really disappointed with our firemen. We have been calling them that people are dying here, but all we could hear is that they don’t have fuel. What a shame.” he lamented.
As at the time of filing this report, the fire is still on.
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Kogi State command is yet to confirm the accident and come up with an official casualties figure.
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