BloggersNG:
A 41-year-old commercial bus driver, who augments his daily income by operating as a vulcaniser by the side is also one of the victims at the Otedola Fire Accident.

The father of three and native of Osun State invests much of his energy and time into productive activities that would help put food on the table for his family.

On Thursday afternoon, while ferrying passengers in his 18-seater bus from Lagos to the Mowe/Ibafo area of neighbouring Ogun, a bigger worry was added to Olaitan’s growing list.

A speeding tanker laden with around 33, 000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit – one of the deadliest and easily combustible liquids in the world – that had lost control suddenly fell a few metres away from Otedola Bridge, a popular axis along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, spilling its content all over the place and bursting into flames shortly afterwards.


The 41-year-old whose commercial bus was directly behind the ill-fated tanker, the moment brought a glimpse of perhaps what the end of the world would look like.

“I saw darkness everywhere immediately the tanker exploded,” he said while speaking with Saturday Beat on his hospital bed where yards of bandages now strapped him like an armour.


“I thought I was going to die. It was as if the end had come. There was commotion everywhere, just like in a war. Nothing else came to my mind.

We all believed it was the end,” he added soberly as he narrated his ordeal to his teary-eyed wife – Faidat – and other family members, who had come to check on him on Friday morning.

While attributing his narrow escape to divine grace, the Ile-Ife indigene said that for a few minutes after the tanker fell, he and others in the vehicle were confused as to what to do.


He revealed that it was while it was being argued that the content of the truck was diesel or petrol that the entire place erupted in flames. According to him, after being briefly knocked out by the sound of the explosion, he managed to regain consciousness and enough strength to force his way out of the bus through the front passenger seat. But even after exiting the vehicle, his fears were far from over.

“I jumped into a gutter full of dirty water immediately I forced my way out of the bus,” he said, slowly adjusting his sitting position on the bed. “I had hoped to use the water to quench the fire on my body but unknown to me the water had already mixed with the petrol that had spilled from the tanker. That compounded my problem.

While I was struggling to quench the fire on my body, I did not know that my head was burning. I managed to run across the road and into an uncompleted building where people around helped me put out the fire. That was my saving grace, otherwise only God knows what would have happened to me,” he stated.

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I thank God for spearing your life and also the people that helped you quench the fire.

TrumpedL:


But a dashboard video in circulation showed that the tanker was stationary. Why this lie?

Obviously it would be stationary after an accident.

They are telling u what happened b4 it hit the culvert and became stationary.

From dt dashboard video I'm sure u could also hear the drivers panicking about the tanker. This is because they witnessed the accident and were rushing to pass and overtake. They wouldn't have just bin panicking over a stationary tanker.

otokx:


That is Nigeria for you, there was quite some time for many to escape.

a survivor said he was blatantly ignored when he warned other commuters, some no wan leave their car, either ways rip to the dead l.

While I was struggling to quench the fire on my body, I did not
know that my head was burning. I managed to run across the
road and into an uncompleted building where people around
helped me put out the fire. While I was struggling to quench the fire on my body, I did not
know that my head was burning. I managed to run across the
road and into an uncompleted building where people around
helped me put out the fire. This is strong

umama23:



which part of Nigeria do you live or do you live in every part of the country?

Are you minding that reset below?
The dog originated from a bush in Ibadan, went to the western world by road and being hiding in a refugee camp while typing about Nigeria with his incomplete keyboard like he knows anywhere in Nigeria after lagos Ibadan express.
So many old containers and cargos on this site.

EgunMogaji:


Nigerians and their embellishments.

I’ve never seen a speeding fuel tanker in Nigeria.

Their dangerous driving and condition are not related to speed.

EgunMogaji:


Yaawwnnnn.....

I’ve probably seen more of Nigeria before you were born than you’ll ever see in your lifetime.

hehehehehe.. dis z wickedness

olaboy1:
Trailers have load capacity base on tonnage and the torque power of the engine, but Naija no get time to dey check all that. No sensible city plan with barricades for trucks on some roads and height/load limitations.

Look around your neighborhood and do a video of looming dangers and let’s share the videos on social media to bring the attention of the authority to them and make them understand any lives lost after the video will get a 100m Naira compensation to be paid to their next of kins.
Imagine this happening on 3rd mainland bridge by 5:30pm, by now we would still be in the ocean looking for survivals who jumped in out of fear and commotion.

Yes the government can be sued.

You r correct brother

TrumpedL:


But a dashboard video in circulation showed that the tanker was stationary. Why this lie?

Stationary?
No. It was moving backwards very fast. .faster than the drivers could use a wedge to stop it.
It looked stationary because the car with the dashboard camera was also moving. .in this case it was moving in the opposite direction of the truck.
It's just a motion illusion.
Watch it again. Look at that cemented road demacartor on the left side of the truck. Some part of the top had been worn out and broken. .as the truck runs backwards, it covers some parts of the cement demarcator.

Thank God you are a survival,I wish you quick recovery bro.

falcon01:
Thank God? what about the families of the dead? This is insensitive.

i wonder ooo

TrumpedL:


But a dashboard video in circulation showed that the tanker was stationary. Why this lie?

I don't believe that dashboard video.