Gbenro Adesina
A petrol tanker explosion in Felele, along the Lokoja-Abuja highway in the morning of Wednesday, September 23 2020, has claimed several lives, including a family of seven, school children and students of the nearby Kogi State Polytechnic (KSP).
It was gathered that around 8.30am, the tanker ran into another vehicle and exploded on impact, close to the GT Plaza, a fast food outlet which also serves as park for interstate private commercial vehicles.
The situation was worsened as other oncoming vehicles ran into the inferno.
Confirming the incident, the Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Idris Ali, said about twenty-three persons, including ten adult males, six female adults, three female children and four other children were burnt beyond recognition.
The Sector Commander said ten vehicles including five cars, one taker, three tricycles and two motorcycles were involved in the accident.
He added that eleven of the corpses have already been claimed by their relatives while the rest have been deposited in the morgue at the Kogi State Specialist hospital, Lokoja.
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