Five killed, Dozens Injured After Petrol Tanker Crushes Many Vehicles In Kogi

At least five persons were confirmed dead in accident which involved a petrol tanker and other vehicles on Monday at Felele under Lokoja Local Government area of Kogi State.

It was gathered that the accident which occurred in Felele, Lokoja along Lokoja-Okene-Abuja Highway  saw many vehicles including Keke Napeps being burnt to ashes as a result of the resulting fire. Many people were also injured in the accident.

According to an eyewitness , the petrol-landing truck lost control as the vehicle was descending at anNigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling station when the brake of the truck failed.

It was further learnt that, vehicles and Keke Napepe were all Knocked down by the tanker and the content in the tanker poured on most of the vehicles which led to fire outbreak.

At the scene of the incident, men of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC,were spotted evacuating those that died while people that were injured were all rushed to the hospital in Lokoja.

The incident led to the closure of most filling stations within the vicinity as men of the Fire Service rushed to the scene to put out the fire while others were stationed to prevent the spread of the fire to other filling stations.