Fire from a tanker explosion has burnt 10 persons to death along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Thursday.
Witnesses said the accident occurred around Conoil before the Sagamu interchange axis of the highway.
The spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun sector command, Florence Okpe, said four vehicles involved in the accident are: a Mack truck with registration number: AKL 198 ZT, an Iveco truck with no registration number, a Mazda bus marked, FFE 361 XB, an unmarked Howo truck and the Mack tanker.
She blamed the accident on speeding the Iveco truck driver, adding that the driver of the speeding Iveco truck had lost control of the wheels and rammed into the tanker which resulted in the fire outbreak due to leakage.
Okpe was the Mazda bus that was engulfed by the fire.
“The suspected cause of the multiple crash was excessive speed which led to loss of control on the part of the Iveco truck and smashed the tanker body which resulted in a fire outbreak due to leakage.
“The Mazda bus got engulfed in the spark of the fire”, Okpe said.
She added that the burnt bodies were taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu.
Okpe quoted the Sector Commander FRSC Ogun Sector Command, Ahmed Umar to have commiserated with the family of the victims after visiting the scene of the incident.
She also quoted Umar to have advised motorists to drive cautiously, obey traffic rules and regulations as well as considering each other while driving.
