Niger Delta
Four Injured As Petrol Tanker Collides With Tricycles In Yenagoa
Four persons have been critically injured in a ghastly motor accident involving a tanker laden with petrol and two commercial tricycles known as “Keke NAPEP.”
The Tide reports that the incident happened yesterday morning along Akenpai, a suburb of Yenagoa, the state capital.
The accident, according to a resident who witnessed it, occurred around 10:40 a.m. when the tanker laden with premium motor spirit , lost control and hit the tricycles at its front.
The witness who only identified herself as Ann, explained that it took the intervention of people to get some heavy-duty equipment to pull out people who were trapped between the tricycles and the fuel tanker.
According to Ann, at the time of the incident, some of the victims, numbering four were seen gasping for breath and were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa.
She added that men of the fire service were presently on ground putting measures in place to prevent a possible fire outbreak.