A fuel tanker laden with with diesel has just crashed into Adavi LG corpers lodge, Okunchi Adavi local government of Kogi state.The incident which happened at about 10 minutes past 12pm thiss afternoon left about 5 injured and a woman crushed to death.
EbiraView, upon arriving the scene almost immediately after the crash, put a call to the office of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) whicch aattracted rapid response from the sectoral office in Ogori-Mangogo.
As at the time of filing this report, the lady, simply identified as Bariki (Mama Nazir) was still trapped under the huge truck as youth in the area threaten to block traffic flow to attract the needed response from the Local government. They, however, heeded to the plea from the traffic men who promised to put the situation under control.
The deceased, EbiraView gathered, arrived from Kano yesterday to pay a visit to the family. After braiding her hair this morning, she went to fetch water from a nearby compound but met her untimely death when the truck developed mechanical fault and ran into the approaching lady. A saloon car parked before the building was crushed with the fated lady. The body remains trapped as the Road safety men try to secure it from the carnage.
Few metres from the scene, three long vehicles conveying cements uphill Idakoyivo are seen broke down and stood simultaneously, constituting serious traffic danger in the area. EbiraView learnt that people in the area have repeatedly appealled to the government to divert big truck from the road following several catastrophic mishaps.
As at the time of filing this report, family members and sympathizers wept profusely for the victim whose light complexion body was fast decomposing beneath the vehicle.
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