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Nigeria: Petrol Tanker Explodes, Kills Two in Port Harcourt

Anayo Onukwugha

18 June 2010

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Port Harcourt — Tragedy struck on Thursday along the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway when a tanker loaded with petroleum product felled down and burst into flames, burning two persons to death and injuring several others.

Also burnt completely were four vehicles that were trapped at a bad spot on the road, popularly called 'Kilometre 18'.

An eyewitness told LEADERSHIP that the incident occurred when the tanker driver attempted to maneuver through the bad spot in order not to hit the trapped vehicles.

According to the eyewitness, the tanker got to a very deep area in the spot were it felled down and spread it contents to other vehicles before bursting in flames.

It would be recalled that a media group, Journalists for the Niger Delta has on Wednesday lamented the sorry state of that particular sport and called on the Federal Government to urgently address the situation.

The group has in a statement, signed by its spokesman, Mr. Daniel Abia said it was disturbing that government for two years abandoned citizens who used the collapsed portion of the Road to their fate.

The statement claimed that on daily basis, heavy duty vehicles fall at the bad spot, which is massively flooded, thereby exposing motorists and the traveling public to risk.