Four persons were feared dead on Monday as a tanker laden with petroleum product burst in to flame after colliding with a truck carrying a container. According to Punch, the incident occurred at Onigari Village, close to the Foursquare Gospel Church camp at Ajebo, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the incident, said the accident occurred where traffic had been diverted to a single lane. He explained that the truck had hit the tanker by the side, its contents gushed out and it caught fire.
He said, “Four persons have been confirmed dead in the inferno, as the truck was conveying some passengers. “The tanker is still burning and there is gridlock on that axis of the expressway. It is terrible.”
