The tanker, which appears to have lost its brakes, did not, however, run into the bridge or any other vehicle.
Nobody was also hurt
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He said the deceased was a 100 level Political Science undergraduate at the newly established Federal University, Birnin Kebbi
A statement from the Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Godwin Omiko, said the accident, which occurred at about 11.35am, was caused by a wrong over-taking
The Commander, Luka Ikpi, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin that the accident involved a truck and an Audi 80 saloon car
The Zonal Commanding Officer of the FRSC in the state, ACM Yakubu O. Attah, disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists, Plateau State chapter, at the NUJ conference hall in Jos
The event is also packaged to mark the academy’s 10th year of celebrating African cultural heritage and creativity in grand style
The accident, which happened at about 6am at Ohono village, near Koton Karfe, involved a white Toyota passenger bus and a truck with registration number Lagos EKY 244 XG
The statement said that the incident occurred around 6.05am when a tanker, loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol, was trying to enter the filling station
“All the 19 members of Redeemed Christian Church of God, who were travelling in one bus were burnt beyond recognition as the bus caught fire on collision with the other two vehicles, which also burst in flames shortly afterwards,” said Yusuf Sani, spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Commission in Yobe State
Isa was involved in the accident in Gerei, Adamawa
Our Correspondent gathered that a trailer conveying cattles from Gadan Zaimari in Zamfara State, with 78 traders, was heading to Lagos when it had a head on collision with an oil tanker on the bridge at about 11pm, which caused the trailer to tumble and fall off the bridge
The accident occurred at 5.30am at TREM Church Bus Stop on Gbagada Expressway as the truck was said to have run into the trailer belonging to the Dangote Group of Companies
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the fire was caused by a petrol tanker, which crashed into a nearby park following brake failure
He said the driver rammed the bus into a stationary truck while driving from Lagos to Benin
The Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Suleja, Edwin Nwokike, told journalists on Monday that the accident involved a Toyota Hiace bus conveying members of JIBWIS from Abuja to Zuru in Kebbi State and a Volkswagen Gulf car coming from Minna to Suleja
Maku said the deaths were recorded in 325 accidents in the state during the period under review, adding that a total of 891 persons sustained injuries in the accidents
An eyewitness told newsmen that the vehicle was coming from the PTI Roundabout, but stopped to pick a passenger who allegedly carried a jerry can filled with petrol
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the dead passengers were burnt beyond recognition following the explosion, while nine others survived with fatal injuries
He said the starlet stopped at a police checkpoint when a water tanker lost control and crushed it, killing all the four passengers in the car and a policeman checking the vehicle
An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday that the accident occurred at about 12.30pm