FRSC Races To Rescue Passengers As Burning Tanker Wreaks Havoc On Lokoja-Abuja Highway

• There has been a fatal accident on the Lokoja-Abuja highway in Kogi State, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries from burns.

• A tanker carrying fuel lost its grip, causing it to collide with other vehicles.

• Emergency services are still at the scene trying to put out the fire and rescue passengers trapped in the inferno.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a fatal accident occurred on the Lokoja-Abuja highway in Kogi State, resulting in multiple deaths from burns.

An individual who witnessed the incident claimed that a tanker carrying fuel lost its grip, causing it to collide with oncoming vehicles.

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“The tanker is still burning with many other vehicles that were trapped in the process. I saw two commercial buses and cars on flames. Security personnel, including operatives of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) making frantic efforts to put out the fire and rescue the passengers trapped in the inferno,” a said one Yusuf from kotonkarfei town.

According to him, the accident happened directly in front of the Local government secretariat.

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The state sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Stephen Dawlung, told Daily Trust that officials of the commission had been drafted to the area.

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“My men are there already . No detail yet. Many were trapped in the accident . The tanker is still burning, causing traffic challenge on the highways presently. I will avail you of the details ,once we are through,” the FRSC boss said.

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