A fuel-laden tanker on Tuesday fell along CMD road, Magodo Phase 2, inwards Mobil filling station on Lagos/Ibadan expressway, spilling its content. Similarly, another containerised truck fell into a ditch at Secretariat Road inward Lagos toll gate.
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No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead while four others were seriously injured after a tanker, loaded with petrol, went up in flames at Kara-Aiyetoro, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was learnt that the tanker was travelling from Lagos State to Ibadan, Oyo State, at top speed, when it lost control and crashed into a […]
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One person was on Wednesday feared dead when a tanker laden with fuel exploded at Upper Mission Junction on the Benin-Auchi Expressway, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The explosion, which was said to have occurred at about 7am, left no fewer than four persons injured. It was also gathered that the fire destroyed property worth millions of […]
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Many people avoided death by the whiskers yesterday as a petrol tanker skidded off the bridge at Toyota bus-stop, Apapa-Oshodi Expressway on its way to Airport Road and fell on three commercial buses parked at the bus stop. The accident occurred around 4:30p.m. Thankfully, no live was lost in the incident as the diesel-laden tanker crushed everything in its sight, […]
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Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has attributed the incessant tanker accidents in the country to the poor condition of the nation’s roads. NUPENG also urged the Federal Government to ensure that its change agenda was reflected on the roads in the country. The union said this in Port Harcourt during a day training organised by the […]
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Over 20 persons escaped death in Aba, Abia State, yesterday, when the brake of a fuel tanker failed and it crashed into two cars before ramming into a trailer as all the vehicles moved in the same direction. Vanguard gathered that the fuel tanker with registration number, Anambra: NEN 571 XA and the other vehicles including the trailer, a Mack […]
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A tanker carrying water yesterday crushed to death two school children and caused serious injury to two others at Ipata market area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The incident, which occurred at about 9a.m., was allegedly caused by the truck’s brake failure. The vehicle rammed into the school children walking along the road linking Ipata market with an adjoining market, […]
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At the early hours of today, a 33,000 litres capacity fuel tanker approaching the Murtala Muhammed International Airport toll gate from the Sahara Energy tank farm end, crashed and spilled its content on the road.
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