At least 15 people lost their lives yesterday at the popular Dakwa junction in Madalla Niger State, on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja in an accident involving a gas tanker, a Sharon car and several tricycles popularly called Keke Marwa.

Witnesses, among them an official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) drafted to accident scene on rescue mission, told New Telegraph that the accident, which occurred about 2.50p.m., was triggered by loss of control on the side of the tanker driver.

The tanker driver, the FRSC official said, had successfully dodged a cyclist (an okada rider) who suddenly crossed highway from the opposite direction.

He explained that while the tanker driver was able to dodge the cyclist, he lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a stationed Sharon car with unspecified number of passengers. All the passengers, including the driver, died.

The tanker, he added, crushed several tricycles parked on the roadside with their operators and passengers inside.

New Telegraph counted five badly damaged tricycles and a makeshift shop which was severely destroyed by the truck.

A witness said: “You know this spot is notorious for truck accidents. The truck, which we later discovered to be carrying gas, was heading to Kaduna Road from probably inside Abuja. An okada rider, with a female passenger, crossed from the opposite direction. He crossed from in between Eco Bank and Oando filling station. The tanker driver dodged him, but lost control of the tanker in the process. The Sharon space bus parked with passengers by roadside was crushed. It went down further the slope crushing several tricycles waiting for passengers.”

The victims’ bodies had been evacuated to the morgue of the General Hospital, Suleja, while the injured were admitted at the same hospital for treatment.

The spot, the Madalla market axis, is notorious for accidents. There had been attempts in the past by Niger State government to relocate the weekly market to a safer location but it never worked out.

See more here; http://gistmore.com/sallah-tragedy-gas-tanker-kills-15-in-niger

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RIP to the dead.

The truck driver should be in jail by now.

I always tell any commercial driver I know that Toyota Seinna, Honda Odyssey, and VW Sharon are not designed for speed. But you know Nigerian drivers who believe they know it all, once they change and lift the shock absorber, they load it to the fullest and start speeding like a F1 car.

What happens to that law that says Trucks should run from 10pm to 6am. Once, they bring back this law, deaths on our road will be reduced.

subuhanallah

Hmmmmmmm

Rip

I wonder why op choose to tag it Salah tragedy as if is salah that caused the accident

That’s a tanker for liquid product. Not Gas .

Someone cannot eat sallah meat in peace in this country

RIP my comrades

Wheres mo sallah sef

Maybe he should have just allowed the reckless okada man be crushed rather than so many innocent lives being lost.

Hausa okada riders can be very stupid they drive as if they have nine life's, going to school to learn isn't just about reading books you learn a lot apart from books. It may sound harsh but hausa people are the reason where Nigeria is where it is today.

They birth like pigs, no family planning, no birth control, they have kids littered everywhere creating nuisance and riding okada at a very early age when they should be in school. The reason why bokoharam has many recuits is because of this idleness people.

Their leaders should do something biko, they should educate them more on family planning because if we are not careful these guys will consume more than the available resources Nigeria has.

Their population is a time bomb waiting to explode

not again!
15 human beings gone just like that with d number likely to rise.
I thought some states have issued orders to stop gas and fuel tankers especially the loaded ones from using the road during the day and early evenings, Thank God there is no news of explosion (probably it was empty), if not, 15 will not be on d headline

in dodging one wreckless motor cyclist he ended up wiping out innocent ppl

May their soul rest in peace.
Read my signature

God, have mercy.

daewoorazer:

Funny thing is tomorrow if that driver survives, he’d still grab the steering wheel of another truck...

What a useless government

Nothing funny here, from the report it was not the tanker driver's fault

Bad news is now normal in this shithole

RIP to the dead. We shall not see such again by God grace

GistGoViral:
At least 15 people lost their lives yesterday at the popular Dakwa junction in Madalla Niger State, on the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja in an accident involving a gas tanker, a Sharon car and several tricycles popularly called Keke Marwa.

Witnesses, among them an official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) drafted to accident scene on rescue mission, told New Telegraph that the accident, which occurred about 2.50p.m., was triggered by loss of control on the side of the tanker driver.

The tanker driver, the FRSC official said, had successfully dodged a cyclist (an okada rider) who suddenly crossed highway from the opposite direction.....

See more here; http://gistmore.com/sallah-tragedy-gas-tanker-kills-15-in-niger

Some of you bloggers will not enter heaven o! This is a petrol tanker not gas ....

bluebay:
That’s a tanker for liquid product. Not Gas .

Don't mind the idiot that reported the story..

daewoorazer:

Funny thing is tomorrow if that driver survives, he’d still grab the steering wheel of another truck...

What a useless government

This shows you didn't read the post