LAGOS – No fewer than five persons were feared dead in the early hours of Wednesday when a petrol tanker burst into flames near Tunji Alegi Filling Station, Kwakyama area, Ogere. on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, Ahmed Umar who confirmed the incident revealed that the cause of the accident could be wrongful overtaking and dangerous driving on the part of the petrol tanker driver.

The Sector Commander explained that,, the tanker collided with a moving truck, resulting in the fire, disclosing as at the time of filing this report, the bodies of the dead were recovered from one of the crashed trucks and were burnt beyond recognition.

“The FRSC wishes to inform the motoring public of the fire incident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway which occurred in the early hours of today, involving a petrol tanker laden with Premium Motors Spirit around Tunji Alegi Filling Station, Kwakyama Area of Ogere.

“This development calls for caution as the spill has affected some other vehicles parked at the shoulder of the road,’’ he said.

Umar who also revealed that the victims corpses had been deposited at a morgue in Ipara, added that five vehicles were involved in the inferno, while urged motorists to cooperate with traffic managers to reduce hours spent in traffic.

While advising motorists to abide with traffic management officers on diversion routes, the Commander said firefighters at Sagamu, Police Traffic Division at Ogere and Gateway Police Station, Old Tollgate, Ogere, had been contacted to join his officers and men to manage the traffic diversion to avoid more crashes, loss of lives and property on the road.